Functional endoscopic sinus surgery waiting time at The Alfred

The median wait for functional endoscopic sinus surgery at this public hospital in the South Yarra area of Victoria was 60 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 60 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 91 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.1%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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 40 days in 2016–17 to 60 days in 2024–25 — up 50% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 214 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 12 km away, at 49 days. Here, 1.1% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 22.7%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Functional endoscopic sinus surgery, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Alfred	60 days	1.1%	91 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	140 days	24.1%	967 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	214 days	22.7%	2508 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 214 days marks the national median.

St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 4 km away75 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 4 km away82 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 4 km away210 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 6 km away151 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 11 km away116 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away387 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away49 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 13 km away241 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Functional endoscopic sinus surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Alfred (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	40	63	111
2017–18	76	81	119
2018–19	80	93	139
2019–20	75	103	127
2020–21	124	167	217
2021–22	91	84	154
2022–23	259	238	292
2023–24	56	265	274
2024–25	60	140	214

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

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