New appointments

A specialist clinic is a unit within a hospital that provides planned, non-admitted services.

A new appointment at a specialist clinic is recorded when a person is seen by that particular clinic for the first time.

The graph below shows data about new appointments. You can filter by specialty clinic and health service.

Scroll further down for more information about the data (measures).

About the data:

About new appointments by specialty

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 – they will have a new appointment for each specialty.

Notes

  • Data source: Victorian Integrated Non-Admitted Health Dataset (VINAH). Data extracted on 16 April 2026.
  • Results for Western Health exclude Bacchus Marsh and Melton campuses prior to December 2024.
  • Specialist clinics activity from 1 July 2025 onwards, are now inclusive of Alfred Health, Bairnsdale Regional Health Services, Bass Coast Regional Health, Benalla Health, Colac Area Health, Dhelkaya Health, East Grampians Health Service, Echuca Regional Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kyabram and District Health Services, Maryborough District Health Service, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Portland District Health, Royal Children’s Hospital, Swan Hill District Health, Western District Health Service and Grampians Health (Stawell campus). Statewide results from 1 July 2025 onwards also include these services. Care needs to be taken when assessing results and comparing them to prior periods.
  • Data for Jan-Mar 2026 are incomplete for Benalla Health, Eastern Health and Latrobe Regional Health: 
    • Results are not available for all measures 
    • Statewide results exclude these services
    • Care needs to be taken when assessing results and comparing them to prior periods
    • Results will be updated next quarter. 
  • Results for the current financial year are preliminary and may change from quarter to quarter. Final results will be available in November. Results from the previous financial year have been finalised.
  • * No results are available.