Breast reconstruction waiting time at Casey Hospital

The median wait for breast reconstruction at this public hospital in the Berwick area of Victoria was 184 days in 2024–25.

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: 184 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 41 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 34 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 225 days in 2017–18 to 184 days in 2024–25 — down 18% — while the national median rose from 118 days to 146 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Dandenong Hospital, about 14 km away, at 69 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Breast reconstruction, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Casey Hospital	184 days	not published	41 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	84 days	26.8%	564 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	146 days	25.7%	1192 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 146 days marks the national median.

Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 14 km away69 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 22 km away12 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 28 km away56 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 28 km away553 days
The AlfredVIC · about 39 km away86 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 41 km away24 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 42 km away212 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 42 km away8 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Breast reconstruction, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Casey Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	110	96
2017–18	225	141	118
2018–19	213	117	111
2019–20	318	158	137
2020–21	not published	83	113
2021–22	not published	27	103
2022–23	538	110	154
2023–24	186	122	149
2024–25	184	84	146

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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