Cardio-thoracic surgery in Victoria
Cardio-thoracic surgery in Victoria: planned surgery waiting times at public hospitals, with the national figures beside them. Public hospitals in Victoria that published a median wait in 2024–25: 15.
A specialty covers many operations. Its figures describe all the patients treated under the specialty, and say nothing about one operation.
Figures for Victoria
Each tile shows the state figure and the national figure for the same measure. A state figure is never ranked.
- Median wait, Victoria
- 19 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Median wait, Australia
- 20 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Victoria
- 1.0%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
- 0.7%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Victoria
- 3,107 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Australia
- 12,022 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Hospitals in Victoria
The shortest median wait comes first. A hospital with no published median wait follows, in name order, and has no rank.
A rank compares a 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.
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| Hospital | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bendigo Hospital | 11 daysRank 7th of 46 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 33 surgeries |
| Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] | 12 daysRank 8th of 46 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 35 surgeries |
| Box Hill Hospital | 12 daysRank 8th of 46 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 39 nationally | 67 surgeries |
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 12 daysRank 8th of 46 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 39 nationally | 89 surgeries |
| University Hospital Geelong | 12 daysRank 8th of 46 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 39 nationally | 203 surgeries |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 13 daysRank 14th of 46 nationally | 0.8%Rank 36th of 39 nationally | 527 surgeries |
| Frankston Hospital | 14 daysRank 16th of 46 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 45 surgeries |
| Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 15 daysRank 17th of 46 nationally | 1.5%Rank 37th of 39 nationally | 332 surgeries |
| Western Hospital [Footscray] | 16 daysRank 20th of 46 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 39 nationally | 100 surgeries |
| Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 19 daysRank 22nd of 46 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 39 nationally | 117 surgeries |
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 20 daysRank 23rd of 46 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 39 nationally | 353 surgeries |
| The Alfred | 21 daysRank 27th of 46 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 39 nationally | 507 surgeries |
| Williamstown Hospital | 30 daysRank 32nd of 46 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 17 surgeries |
| Victorian Heart Hospital | 34 daysRank 36th of 46 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 39 nationally | 316 surgeries |
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 90 daysRank 44th of 46 nationally | 6.2%Rank 39th of 39 nationally | 357 surgeries |
| Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 9 surgeries |
How waits have changed
Each chart shows one figure 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.
The charts show Australia and Victoria.
- Australia
- Victoria
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| Financial year | Australia | Victoria |
|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 16 days | 19 days |
| 2012–13 | 17 days | 18 days |
| 2013–14 | 18 days | 21 days |
| 2014–15 | 18 days | 20 days |
| 2015–16 | 17 days | 21 days |
| 2016–17 | 16 days | 19 days |
| 2017–18 | 19 days | 20 days |
| 2018–19 | 19 days | 19 days |
| 2019–20 | 19 days | 19 days |
| 2020–21 | 18 days | 18 days |
| 2021–22 | 18 days | 19 days |
| 2022–23 | 20 days | 19 days |
| 2023–24 | 20 days | 19 days |
| 2024–25 | 20 days | 19 days |
All of Australia: Cardio-thoracic surgery
Other states and territories
The same surgery in each state or territory with hospital figures.
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
Surgery Waits is not medical advice. Your general practitioner and your treating specialist can help you decide what is right for you.
In an emergency, call 000.
Where this data comes from
- 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/