Discectomy 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 Discectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 29 days; the national median was 41 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.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 41 days marks the national median.

Discectomy 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	Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]	21 days	0.0%	59 surgeries
2	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	30 days	1.2%	85 surgeries
3	The Alfred	32 days	0.0%	50 surgeries
4	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]	39 days	not published	18 surgeries
5	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	41 days	not published	45 surgeries
unranked	Northeast Health Wangaratta	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Western Hospital [Footscray]	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.

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