Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy 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: 105 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 61 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.6%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 10 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 10 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 Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	105 days	1.6%	61 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	6 days	0.2%	837 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	6 days	0.2%	961 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 6 days marks the national median.

St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 2 km away21 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 2 km away4 days
The AlfredVIC · about 6 km away7 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 10 km away7 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 17 km away7 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 23 km away8 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 65 km away6 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 Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy, 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	19	6	5
2017–18	66	6	5
2018–19	53	7	7
2019–20	43	6	6
2020–21	50	7	7
2021–22	54	5	6
2022–23	48	6	6
2023–24	86	6	6
2024–25	105	6	6

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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