Dupytren's contracture release waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Dupytren's contracture release 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: 178 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 19 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 63 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 39 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 Dupytren's contracture release, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]	178 days	not published	19 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	88 days	11.6%	492 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	150 days	17.9%	1777 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 150 days marks the national median.

St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 1 km away32 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 2 km away157 days
The AlfredVIC · about 4 km away70 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 8 km away128 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 15 km away1231 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 17 km away44 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 25 km away74 days
Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 29 km away201 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 Dupytren's contracture release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	72	71	99
2017–18	51	60	95
2018–19	38	56	105
2019–20	52	71	128
2020–21	161	115	190
2021–22	116	197	198
2022–23	207	184	202
2023–24	106	110	169
2024–25	178	88	150

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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