Breast reconstruction waiting time at Casey Hospital
Half of patients at Casey Hospital waited 184 days or less for breast reconstruction in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Berwick 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
- 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
| 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 Hospital, VIC · about 14 km away: 69 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 22 km away: 12 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 28 km away: 56 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 28 km away: 553 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 39 km away: 86 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 41 km away: 24 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 42 km away: 212 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 42 km away: 8 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Casey Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| 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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