Surgery Waits

Mastoidectomy waiting time at Casey Hospital

The median wait for mastoidectomy at this public hospital in the Berwick area of Victoria was 126 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
126 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
35 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 99 days in 2016–17 to 126 days in 2024–25 — up 27% — while the national median rose from 83 days to 99 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], about 28 km away, at 114 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Mastoidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Casey Hospital126 daysnot published35 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)128 days17.3%226 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)99 days13.6%656 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 99 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 mastoidectomy by financial year at Casey Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Casey Hospital 126VIC 128Australia 99
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Mastoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodCasey Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17997783
2017–1818410695
2018–19213125106
2019–20328119104
2020–21285160119
2021–2227714898
2022–23211183162
2023–2490136112
2024–2512612899

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

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