Cervical discectomy and fusion waiting times in Victoria

Public hospitals in Victoria ranked by their median wait for cervical discectomy and fusion.

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

6 public hospitals in Victoria reported cervical discectomy and fusion in 2024–25. The state median was 40 days; the national median was 94 days.

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1 hospital has no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 94 days marks the national median.

Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]23 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]27 days
The Alfred31 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]34 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]60 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]not published

Cervical discectomy and fusion in Victoria public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]	23 days	not published	48 surgeries
2	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	27 days	not published	37 surgeries
3	The Alfred	31 days	0.0%	66 surgeries
4	Western Hospital [Footscray]	34 days	not published	11 surgeries
5	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	60 days	7.9%	76 surgeries
unranked	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]	not published	not published	not published

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Victoria.