Coronary artery bypass grafting waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]

The median wait for coronary artery bypass grafting at this public hospital in the Eaglemont area of Victoria was 11 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 11 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 92 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.1%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 52 days in 2011–12 to 11 days in 2024–25 — down 79% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 1.1% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.1%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Coronary artery bypass grafting, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	11 days	1.1%	92 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	18 days	0.1%	695 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	19 days	0.1%	2719 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.

St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 9 km away19 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 10 km away11 days
The AlfredVIC · about 12 km away21 days
Victorian Heart HospitalVIC · about 19 km away53 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 75 km away15 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Coronary artery bypass grafting, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	52	18	16
2012–13	41	20	16
2013–14	55	21	18
2014–15	49	18	14
2015–16	33	19	13
2016–17	20	16	13
2017–18	24	19	17
2018–19	33	19	17
2019–20	29	24	18
2020–21	20	21	18
2021–22	18	22	19
2022–23	21	20	19
2023–24	29	17	19
2024–25	11	18	19

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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