Nephrectomy waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
The median wait for nephrectomy at this public hospital in the Carlton area of Victoria was 28 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
- 28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 99 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 57 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 20 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 28 days in 2024–25 — up 40% — while the national median rose from 26 days to 30 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 6 km away, at 21 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.6%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 28 days | 0.0% | 99 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 0.0% | 746 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 0.6% | 2721 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 Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 20 | 23 | 26 |
| 2017–18 | 25 | 23 | 27 |
| 2018–19 | 38 | 23 | 28 |
| 2019–20 | 42 | 22 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 35 | 23 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 29 | 22 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 52 | 23 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 49 | 23 | 32 |
| 2024–25 | 28 | 26 | 30 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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