Specialist clinics | Victorian Agency for Health Information

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Below are the latest quarterly key statistics for specialist clinics in Victoria.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant, enduring effects on the volume, type and timing of procedures undertaken at hospitals. As such, care needs to be taken when assessing results and comparing to prior periods.

Data for some health services from 1 July 2023 has been impacted by IT vendor service interruption. Data presented here may be incomplete and should be treated with caution. Data will be updated with the next release. Please contact [email protected] if you require further information about this interruption.

Median wait times for urgent patient appointments

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Median wait times for routine patient appointments

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Tap the boxes below for specific information about patients attending public hospital specialist clinics in Victoria.

New appointments

Review appointments

Routine first appointments

Urgent first appointments

About first and new appointments

A patient can only have one first appointment, and this is recorded at the specialist clinic they were referred to.

One patient may have multiple new appointments. This occurs when a patient from one specialist clinic is also seen for the first time by a clinician from another specialist clinic. For example, a patient with diabetes may be referred to an endocrinologist and a dietician, and will have a new appointment for each specialty.

New appointment data is only recorded when a patient attends that appointment. First appointment data is recorded when a first appointment is booked, even if the patient does not attend.

Urgent first appointments are for those with more serious conditions that are recommended to see a clinician at a specialist clinic within 30 days from the date of referral.

Routine first appointments are for non-urgent patients who do not need to be seen by a specialist clinic within 30 days.

About review appointments

An appointment is recorded as 'review' if the primary purpose is to assess the patient following a previous specialist clinic appointment, or following treatment as an inpatient or day surgery patient.