Surgery Waits

Arthrodesis waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]

The median wait for arthrodesis at this public hospital in the Carlton area of Victoria was 177 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
177 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
30 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 51 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 3 days in 2019–20 to 177 days in 2024–25 — up 5800% — while the national median rose from 107 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 2 km away, at 45 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthrodesis, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]177 daysnot published30 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)110 days16.2%334 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)158 days19.3%1563 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 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 arthrodesis by financial year at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], compared with Victoria and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 177VIC 110Australia 158
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Arthrodesis, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published60101
2017–18not published69105
2018–19not published64111
2019–20355107
2020–21not published71182
2021–22174113185
2022–23150147203
2023–24163123171
2024–25177110158

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

All surgery at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] · Arthrodesis across Australia · Arthrodesis in Victoria