Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 7 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 14 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 10 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	7 days	not published	14 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	6 days	0.2%	837 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	6 days	0.2%	961 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

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

St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 9 km away21 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 9 km away4 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 10 km away105 days
The AlfredVIC · about 12 km away7 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 12 km away7 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 21 km away8 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 75 km away6 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	6	5
2017–18	not published	6	5
2018–19	5	7	7
2019–20	7	6	6
2020–21	6	7	7
2021–22	6	5	6
2022–23	8	6	6
2023–24	4	6	6
2024–25	7	6	6

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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