Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt 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 Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt in 2024–25. The state median was not published; the national median was 17 days.

7 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 17 days marks the national median.

Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]26 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]not published
Box Hill Hospitalnot published
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]not published
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]not published
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]not published
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]not published
The Alfrednot published

Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt 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]	26 days	not published	13 surgeries
unranked	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Box Hill Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	The Alfred	not published	not published	8 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.