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Major neck lymph node surgery waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for major neck lymph node surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 13 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 15 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Radical neck dissection".

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

16 public hospitals in Victoria reported major neck lymph node surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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9 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 15 days marks the national median.

Radical neck dissection 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 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 9 days not published 48 surgeries
2 Box Hill Hospital 10 days not published 17 surgeries
3 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 12 days not published 21 surgeries
4 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 16 days not published 26 surgeries
4 The Bendigo Hospital 16 days not published 19 surgeries
6 Dandenong Hospital 17 days not published 31 surgeries
7 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 20 days not published 14 surgeries
unranked Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] not published not published not published
unranked Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Casey Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Frankston Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] not published not published not published
unranked Sunshine Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Alfred not published not published not published
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Clayton.

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The median wait for major neck lymph node surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 13 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Major neck lymph node surgery waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/radical-neck-dissection/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/radical-neck-dissection/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.

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