Functional endoscopic sinus surgery waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]

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: 387 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 73 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 52.1%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 59 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
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]	387 days	52.1%	73 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 1 km away49 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 8 km away210 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 9 km away82 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 9 km away75 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 9 km away241 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 9 km away151 days
The AlfredVIC · about 12 km away60 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 12 km away87 days

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

How the wait has changed

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
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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	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not reported for this period	63	111
2017–18	not reported for this period	81	119
2018–19	not reported for this period	93	139
2019–20	not reported for this period	103	127
2020–21	not reported for this period	167	217
2021–22	not reported for this period	84	154
2022–23	not reported for this period	238	292
2023–24	575	265	274
2024–25	387	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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