Functional endoscopic sinus surgery waiting time at Box Hill Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Functional endoscopic sinus surgery 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: 241 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 54 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 33.3%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 36 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 Functional endoscopic sinus surgery, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Box Hill Hospital	241 days	33.3%	54 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	140 days	24.1%	967 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	214 days	22.7%	2508 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 214 days marks the national median.

Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 8 km away49 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 9 km away387 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 12 km away75 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 13 km away82 days
The AlfredVIC · about 13 km away60 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 13 km away210 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 13 km away116 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 13 km away96 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 Functional endoscopic sinus surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Box Hill Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	366	63	111
2017–18	193	81	119
2018–19	168	93	139
2019–20	154	103	127
2020–21	455	167	217
2021–22	337	84	154
2022–23	341	238	292
2023–24	571	265	274
2024–25	241	140	214

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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