Craniotomy waiting times in Victoria

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

8 public hospitals in Victoria reported Craniotomy in 2024–25. The state median was 20 days; the national median was 20 days.

2 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 days marks the national median.

Craniotomy in Victoria public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	14 days	1.1%	92 surgeries
2	Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]	17 days	0.7%	138 surgeries
3	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	20 days	1.0%	203 surgeries
4	The Alfred	22 days	0.0%	205 surgeries
5	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]	34 days	not published	18 surgeries
6	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]	46 days	1.5%	65 surgeries
unranked	Dandenong Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	not published	not published	not published

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state.