Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy waiting times in Victoria
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
23 public hospitals in Victoria reported Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy in 2024–25. The state median was 6 days; the national median was 6 days.
15 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 | The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital | 4 days | 0.0% | 129 surgeries |
| 2 | University Hospital Geelong | 6 days | 0.0% | 456 surgeries |
| 3 | Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 7 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| 3 | The Alfred | 7 days | not published | 37 surgeries |
| 3 | The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 7 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| 6 | Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 8 days | not published | 24 surgeries |
| 7 | St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 21 days | not published | 49 surgeries |
| 8 | Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 105 days | 1.6% | 61 surgeries |
| unranked | Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | Bass Coast Health | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Box Hill Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Casey Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Dandenong Hospital | not published | not published | 8 surgeries |
| unranked | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | not published | not published | 8 surgeries |
| unranked | Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | not published | not published | 7 surgeries |
| unranked | South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] | not published | not published | 7 surgeries |
| unranked | St Vincent's On the Park | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Sunshine Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | The Bendigo Hospital | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Western Hospital [Footscray] | 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.