Dialysis access surgery waiting times in Victoria
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
16 public hospitals in Victoria reported Dialysis access surgery in 2024–25. The state median was 20 days; the national median was 15 days.
3 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 9 days | not published | 34 surgeries |
| 1 | Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] | 9 days | not published | 30 surgeries |
| 1 | Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] | 9 days | not published | 39 surgeries |
| 4 | Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 15 days | 1.6% | 61 surgeries |
| 5 | The Alfred | 16 days | 0.0% | 84 surgeries |
| 6 | Western Hospital [Footscray] | 20 days | not published | 23 surgeries |
| 7 | Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 21 days | 0.0% | 220 surgeries |
| 7 | St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 21 days | 0.0% | 50 surgeries |
| 7 | Sunshine Hospital | 21 days | 2.4% | 85 surgeries |
| 10 | Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 22 days | 0.5% | 188 surgeries |
| 11 | The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 25 days | 0.0% | 68 surgeries |
| 12 | The Bendigo Hospital | 26 days | not published | 21 surgeries |
| 13 | Box Hill Hospital | 57 days | not published | 32 surgeries |
| unranked | Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
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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