Surgery Waits

Myomectomy waiting time at Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]

The median wait for myomectomy at this public hospital in the North Melbourne area of Victoria was 49 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
49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
62 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 11 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 42 days in 2016–17 to 49 days in 2024–25 — up 17% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 710 km away, at 34 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 3.9%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Myomectomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myomectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]49 days0.0%62 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)82 days7.4%163 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)56 days2.5%157 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)73 days3.9%457 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 73 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 myomectomy by financial year at Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], compared with Victoria and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville] 49VIC 56Australia 73
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Myomectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Women's Hospital [Parkville] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–1742not published52
2017–18274750
2018–19436261
2019–20395362
2020–2112710177
2021–2214312296
2022–23140141105
2023–24778984
2024–25495673

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

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