Surgery Waits

Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt waiting time at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]

The median wait for insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt at this public hospital in the Springvale area of Victoria was 26 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
26 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
13 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 7 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 9 days in 2016–17 to 26 days in 2024–25 — up 189% — while the national median rose from 14 days to 17 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]26 daysnot published13 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)not publishednot published62 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)not publishednot published45 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)17 days1.8%228 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt by financial year at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], compared with Victoria and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 26Australia 17
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodMonash Medical Centre [Clayton] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–179not published14
2017–1818not published14
2018–1914not published13
2019–2011not published17
2020–2115not published15
2021–2222not published15
2022–23not publishednot published21
2023–24not publishednot published17
2024–2526not published17

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

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