Mastoid surgery behind the ear at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] is a public hospital in the Carlton area, Victoria. This page shows its waiting times for Mastoid surgery behind the ear in 2024–25, beside the figures for Victoria and for Australia.
The source publishes this surgery as "Mastoidectomy".
Figures for this hospital
Each tile shows one figure for Mastoid surgery behind the ear at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus].
A rank compares this hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.
- Median wait, Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
- 368 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank25th of 25 nationally
- Waiting more than 365 days, Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
- not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
- 12 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Compared with the state and Australia
The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Mastoid surgery behind the ear. They are never ranked.
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| Who the figures cover | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 368 days | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 12 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 128 days | 17.3% | 226 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 99 days | 13.6% | 656 surgeries |
Shorter waits nearby
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. The open hospitals below come from that list, nearest first, and each published a shorter median wait for Mastoid surgery behind the ear than Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] did. Each distance is measured in a straight line.
- Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]1 kilometre away176 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]2 kilometres away193 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital2 kilometres away127 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
How the wait has changed
Each chart shows the median wait for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.
- Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
- Victoria
- Australia
- No figure published for this year. The table gives the reason.
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| Financial year | Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | Victoria | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 77 days | 83 days |
| 2017–18 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 106 days | 95 days |
| 2018–19 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 125 days | 106 days |
| 2019–20 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 119 days | 104 days |
| 2020–21 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 160 days | 119 days |
| 2021–22 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 148 days | 98 days |
| 2022–23 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 183 days | 162 days |
| 2023–24 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 136 days | 112 days |
| 2024–25 | 368 days | 128 days | 99 days |
More on this page's subjects
All planned surgery at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
Mastoid surgery behind the ear at every public hospital in Australia
What this page leaves out
Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.
Before you use these figures
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Where this data comes from
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 3 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 20 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 20 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 3 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/