Scar revision waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
The median wait for scar revision at this public hospital in the North Melbourne area of Victoria was 216 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
- 216 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 72 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 9.7%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 29 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 25 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 20 days in 2016–17 to 216 days in 2024–25 — up 980% — while the national median rose from 65 days to 83 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 1 km away, at 100 days. Here, 9.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 9.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 216 days | 9.7% | 72 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 50 days | 9.1% | 364 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 83 days | 9.5% | 1239 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 20 | 58 | 65 |
| 2017–18 | 64 | 74 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 89 | 80 | 73 |
| 2019–20 | 57 | 108 | 83 |
| 2020–21 | 154 | 177 | 84 |
| 2021–22 | 31 | not published | 121 |
| 2022–23 | 147 | 178 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 120 | 83 | 103 |
| 2024–25 | 216 | 50 | 83 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] · Scar revision across Australia · Scar revision in Victoria