Surgery Waits

Coronary artery bypass grafting waiting time at The Alfred

The median wait for coronary artery bypass grafting at this public hospital in the South Yarra area of Victoria was 21 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
21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
161 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 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 2 days in 2011–12 to 21 days in 2024–25 — up 950% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 4 km away, at 19 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.1%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Coronary artery bypass grafting, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Alfred21 days0.0%161 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)18 days0.1%695 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)19 days0.1%2719 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 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 coronary artery bypass grafting by financial year at The Alfred, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0102030402011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25The Alfred 21VIC 18Australia 19
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Coronary artery bypass grafting, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Alfred (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–1221816
2012–13102016
2013–1442118
2014–1511814
2015–1601913
2016–1711613
2017–1811917
2018–1931917
2019–20272418
2020–21322118
2021–22382219
2022–23192019
2023–24221719
2024–25211819

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

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