Bunion surgery waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
Median wait, long waits and volumes for bunion surgery — published by the source as “Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of” — at this public hospital in the Carlton area of Victoria, 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
- 194 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 19 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 70 days in 2017–18 to 194 days in 2024–25 — up 177% — while the national median rose from 121 days to 183 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 2 km away, at 32 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 194 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 95 days | 14.3% | 189 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 183 days | 16.2% | 616 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 67 | 137 |
| 2017–18 | 70 | 69 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 36 | 71 | 142 |
| 2019–20 | 197 | 94 | 137 |
| 2020–21 | 188 | 203 | 262 |
| 2021–22 | 155 | 162 | 231 |
| 2022–23 | 334 | 181 | 222 |
| 2023–24 | 321 | 159 | 206 |
| 2024–25 | 194 | 95 | 183 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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