Circumcision waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Circumcision 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: 132 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 118 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 7.6%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 102 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 72 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 Circumcision, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]	132 days	7.6%	118 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	55 days	3.2%	816 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	80 days	9.1%	3291 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.

Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 1 km away70 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 3 km away26 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 6 km away119 days
The AlfredVIC · about 6 km away28 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 9 km away55 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 10 km away83 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 15 km away55 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 17 km away39 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 Circumcision, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	28	47	60
2017–18	37	42	57
2018–19	35	39	60
2019–20	37	45	63
2020–21	95	84	85
2021–22	149	78	84
2022–23	270	112	95
2023–24	118	63	78
2024–25	132	55	80

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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