Armpit lymph node removal waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
Half of patients at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] waited 11 days or less for armpit lymph node removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Axillary node dissection". This public hospital is in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 11 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 16 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 11 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 12 days in 2017–18 to 11 days in 2024–25 — down 8% — while the national median stayed at 12 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, about 101 km away, at 7 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 11 days | not published | 16 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 16 days | 0.0% | 130 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 33 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 12 days | 0.0% | 155 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 12 days | 0.6% | 494 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 12 days marks the national median.
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 80 km away: 13 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 101 km away: 7 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 114 km away: 6 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 562 km away: 10 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 722 km away: 13 days
Calvary Mater Newcastle, NSW · about 883 km away: 24 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 9 | 11 |
| 2017–18 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 11 | 13 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 10 | 11 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 10 |
| 2021–22 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 9 | 12 |
| 2023–24 | 24 | 12 | 12 |
| 2024–25 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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