Female sterilisation waiting time at Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Female sterilisation 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: 114 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 25 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 53 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 23 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 Female sterilisation, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]	114 days	not published	25 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	77 days	3.7%	187 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	129 days	11.5%	1388 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 129 days marks the national median.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 9 km away77 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 13 km away145 days
Cranbourne Integrated Care CentreVIC · about 45 km away279 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 95 km away30 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 101 km away5 days
Northeast Health WangarattaVIC · about 201 km away29 days

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

How the wait has changed

Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Female sterilisation, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	112	38	74
2017–18	62	40	76
2018–19	89	53	78
2019–20	155	92	88
2020–21	504	163	112
2021–22	not published	not published	112
2022–23	902	154	102
2023–24	452	145	118
2024–25	114	77	129

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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