Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]

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: 12 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 123 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 28 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 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
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	12 days	0.0%	123 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.

St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 2 km away26 days
The AlfredVIC · about 6 km away13 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 6 km away17 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 14 km away19 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 17 km away14 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 42 km away14 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 101 km away17 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 131 km away11 days

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]
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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	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	7	14	13
2017–18	9	14	13
2018–19	10	13	15
2019–20	8	13	14
2020–21	7	12	13
2021–22	11	13	14
2022–23	10	13	15
2023–24	13	14	16
2024–25	12	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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