Pleurodesis waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
Median wait, long waits and volumes for Pleurodesis 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
- 6 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 6 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 6 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 26 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 32 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 66 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 10 days | 0.0% | 150 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?
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 | not published | 8 |
| 2017–18 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 8 | 8 |
| 2019–20 | 5 | not published | 9 |
| 2020–21 | 5 | not published | 7 |
| 2021–22 | 9 | not published | 10 |
| 2022–23 | 4 | not published | 8 |
| 2023–24 | 4 | not published | 10 |
| 2024–25 | 6 | not published | 10 |
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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