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Discectomy waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Discectomy 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
30 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
85 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
1.2%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 30 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 7 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 Discectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]30 days1.2%85 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)29 days1.9%264 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)41 days4.5%1400 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 41 days marks the national median.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Discectomy by financial year at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], compared with Victoria and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 30VIC 29Australia 41
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Discectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17274541
2017–18995842
2018–19574743
2019–20294749
2020–21293349
2021–22863449
2022–23985760
2023–24904548
2024–25302941

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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