Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy waiting time at Frankston Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy 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: 14 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 30 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 28 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 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 Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Frankston Hospital	14 days	not published	30 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	15 days	0.0%	416 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	17 days	0.0%	1875 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.

The AlfredVIC · about 36 km away13 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 37 km away19 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 41 km away26 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 42 km away12 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 45 km away17 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 56 km away14 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 130 km away17 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 173 km away11 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 Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Frankston Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	14	13
2017–18	not published	14	13
2018–19	18	13	15
2019–20	9	13	14
2020–21	14	12	13
2021–22	15	13	14
2022–23	17	13	15
2023–24	15	14	16
2024–25	14	15	17

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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