Surgery Waits

Turbinectomy waiting time at Box Hill Hospital

The median wait for turbinectomy at this public hospital in the Box Hill area of Victoria was 388 days in 2024–25.

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

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

Median wait
388 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
17 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 241 days in 2017–18 to 388 days in 2024–25 — up 61% — while the national median rose from 172 days to 269 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 9 km away, at 369 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Turbinectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Box Hill Hospital388 daysnot published17 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)157 days28.2%393 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)269 days23.6%932 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 269 days marks the national median.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for turbinectomy by financial year at Box Hill Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays01883755637502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Box Hill Hospital 388VIC 157Australia 269
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Median wait in days for Turbinectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBox Hill Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published64100
2017–1824187172
2018–1915679140
2019–20not published97168
2020–21354159274
2021–22309133266
2022–23282245313
2023–24582247286
2024–25388157269

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

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