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Cornea transplant at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital

The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital is a public hospital in the East Melbourne area, Victoria. This page shows its waiting times for Cornea transplant in 2024–25, beside the figures for Victoria and for Australia.

The source publishes this surgery as "Corneal graft".

Figures for this hospital

Each tile shows one figure for Cornea transplant at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital.

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, The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
67 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank1st of 13 nationally

Change on the year before-53 days

Waiting more than 365 days, The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
25 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Compared with the state and Australia

The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Cornea transplant. They are never ranked.

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Cornea transplant: The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, Victoria and Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Who the figures coverMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital67 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure25 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure46 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)96 days5.5%398 surgeries

Shorter waits nearby

The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. No hospital on that list published a shorter median wait for Cornea transplant in 2024–25.

How this hospital's wait has changed

The median wait for Cornea transplant at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital has risen from 45 days in 2017–18 to 67 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2017–18, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.

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.

Cornea transplant: median wait by financial year, The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital2017–18 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
0501001502018–192020–212022–232024–25
  • The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
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Cornea transplant: median wait by financial year, The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital2017–18 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearThe Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
2017–1845 days
2018–1966 days
2019–2049 days
2020–2141 days
2021–2267 days
2022–2348 days
2023–24120 days
2024–2567 days
Cornea transplant: median wait by financial year, Victoria and Australia2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
0501001502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25
  • Victoria
  • Australia
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Cornea transplant: median wait by financial year, Victoria and Australia2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearVictoriaAustralia
2016–17not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure70 days
2017–1855 days79 days
2018–1967 days78 days
2019–2056 days77 days
2020–2146 days73 days
2021–2272 days83 days
2022–2356 days83 days
2023–24not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure103 days
2024–25not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure96 days

All planned surgery at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital

Cornea transplant at every public hospital in Australia

Cornea transplant in Victoria

What this page leaves out

Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.

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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/