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Bone realignment surgery waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for bone realignment surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 206 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 135 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Osteotomy".

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

28 public hospitals in Victoria reported bone realignment surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Osteotomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

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 135 days marks the national median.

Osteotomy 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 Alfred 20 days not published 23 surgeries
2 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 32 days not published 13 surgeries
3 Box Hill Hospital 68 days not published 15 surgeries
4 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 92 days not published 30 surgeries
5 Sunshine Hospital 104 days not published 17 surgeries
6 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 140 days not published 28 surgeries
7 The Bendigo Hospital 163 days not published 10 surgeries
8 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 183 days not published 21 surgeries
9 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 191 days not published 16 surgeries
10 Sandringham Hospital 224 days not published 13 surgeries
11 Dandenong Hospital 356 days 48.2% 56 surgeries
12 Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] 374 days 51.6% 128 surgeries
13 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 402 days 51.9% 79 surgeries
unranked Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Frankston Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Frankston Public Surgical Centre not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] not published not published not published
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Northeast Health Wangaratta not published not published not published
unranked South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] not published not published not published
unranked St Vincent's On the Park not published not published not published
unranked The Northern Hospital [Epping] not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked University Hospital Geelong not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Werribee Mercy Hospital not published not published not published
unranked West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] not published not published not published
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published not published
unranked Williamstown Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Clayton · near Prahran.

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The median wait for bone realignment surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 206 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Bone realignment surgery waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/osteotomy/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/osteotomy/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.