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Ear, nose and throat surgery in Victoria

Ear, nose and throat 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: 31.

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
85 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Median wait, Australia
99 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Waiting more than 365 days, Victoria
15.9%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
14.4%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, Victoria
17,379 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, Australia
60,031 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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Ear, nose and throat surgery: public hospitals in Victoria2024–25, released 19 August 2026
HospitalMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre12 daysRank 6th of 141 nationally0.0%Rank 1st of 123 nationally272 surgeries
Dandenong Hospital19 daysRank 9th of 141 nationally1.1%Rank 20th of 123 nationally93 surgeries
Western Hospital [Footscray]25 daysRank 12th of 141 nationally11.7%Rank 62nd of 123 nationally188 surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]29 daysRank 13th of 141 nationally25.8%Rank 100th of 123 nationally652 surgeries
The Alfred35 daysRank 18th of 141 nationally0.7%Rank 16th of 123 nationally590 surgeries
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]40 daysRank 20th of 141 nationally9.0%Rank 51st of 123 nationally690 surgeries
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]58 daysRank 30th of 141 nationally17.3%Rank 83rd of 123 nationally514 surgeries
University Hospital Geelong59 daysRank 31st of 141 nationally0.5%Rank 15th of 123 nationally782 surgeries
Casey Hospital61 daysRank 33rd of 141 nationally9.2%Rank 52nd of 123 nationally1,084 surgeries
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital64 daysRank 36th of 141 nationally16.2%Rank 79th of 123 nationally2,092 surgeries
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]65 daysRank 37th of 141 nationally4.4%Rank 35th of 123 nationally975 surgeries
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]70 daysRank 40th of 141 nationally14.2%Rank 70th of 123 nationally1,509 surgeries
St Vincent's On the Park72 daysRank 41st of 141 nationally1.3%Rank 22nd of 123 nationally159 surgeries
The Northern Hospital [Epping]82 daysRank 45th of 141 nationally0.4%Rank 14th of 123 nationally756 surgeries
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]94 daysRank 54th of 141 nationally11.2%Rank 60th of 123 nationally525 surgeries
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]113 daysRank 66th of 141 nationally19.2%Rank 90th of 123 nationally1,028 surgeries
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]127 daysRank 74th of 141 nationally10.4%Rank 58th of 123 nationally154 surgeries
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]127 daysRank 74th of 141 nationally38.0%Rank 113th of 123 nationally297 surgeries
Frankston Hospital128 daysRank 76th of 141 nationally13.0%Rank 67th of 123 nationally538 surgeries
Frankston Public Surgical Centre138 daysRank 79th of 141 nationally14.8%Rank 73rd of 123 nationally115 surgeries
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]138 daysRank 79th of 141 nationally6.3%Rank 42nd of 123 nationally64 surgeries
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]157 daysRank 84th of 141 nationally16.1%Rank 77th of 123 nationally1,193 surgeries
Angliss Hospital160 daysRank 85th of 141 nationally5.7%Rank 39th of 123 nationally194 surgeries
Williamstown Hospital180 daysRank 90th of 141 nationally14.2%Rank 70th of 123 nationally106 surgeries
Box Hill Hospital182 daysRank 91st of 141 nationally16.6%Rank 81st of 123 nationally719 surgeries
Sunshine Hospital220 daysRank 103rd of 141 nationally34.4%Rank 110th of 123 nationally744 surgeries
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]230 daysRank 104th of 141 nationally35.5%Rank 111th of 123 nationally155 surgeries
Northeast Health Wangaratta282 daysRank 115th of 141 nationally35.7%Rank 112th of 123 nationally112 surgeries
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]324 daysRank 130th of 141 nationallynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure23 surgeries
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]378 daysRank 138th of 141 nationally51.6%Rank 120th of 123 nationally900 surgeries
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre504 daysRank 141st of 141 nationally55.9%Rank 121st of 123 nationally143 surgeries
Broadmeadows Health Servicenot 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 figure5 surgeries
The Kilmore & District Hospitalnot 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 figure8 surgeries

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.

Ear, nose and throat surgery: median wait by financial year2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
0501001502012–132015–162018–192021–222024–25
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Ear, nose and throat surgery: median wait by financial year2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearAustraliaVictoria
2011–1266 days68 days
2012–1368 days69 days
2013–1470 days77 days
2014–1573 days69 days
2015–1674 days68 days
2016–1770 days59 days
2017–1883 days66 days
2018–1984 days62 days
2019–2083 days61 days
2020–21112 days93 days
2021–2284 days52 days
2022–23104 days95 days
2023–24111 days111 days
2024–2599 days85 days

All of Australia: Ear, nose and throat 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

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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/