Surgery Waits

Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy in Victoria public hospitals was 6 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 6 days.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

23 public hospitals in Victoria reported muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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15 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 6 days marks the national median.

Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy in Victoria public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital 4 days 0.0% 129 surgeries
2 University Hospital Geelong 6 days 0.0% 456 surgeries
3 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 7 days not published 14 surgeries
3 The Alfred 7 days not published 37 surgeries
3 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 7 days not published 10 surgeries
6 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 8 days not published 24 surgeries
7 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 21 days not published 49 surgeries
8 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 105 days 1.6% 61 surgeries
unranked Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] not published not published not published
unranked Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Bass Coast Health not published not published not published
unranked Box Hill Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Casey Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Dandenong Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published not published
unranked Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked St Vincent's On the Park not published not published not published
unranked Sunshine Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Bendigo Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] not published not published not published
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published not published
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The median wait for muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy in Victoria public hospitals was 6 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy in VIC", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/muscle-biopsy-temporal-artery-biopsy/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/muscle-biopsy-temporal-artery-biopsy/vic/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Victoria.