Breast lump removal waiting time at Frankston Public Surgical Centre

The median wait for breast lump removal — published by the source as "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy" — at this public hospital in the Frankston area of Victoria was 14 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: 14 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 60 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 105 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 141 days in 2022–23 to 14 days in 2024–25 — down 90% — while the national median stayed at 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Casey Hospital, about 22 km away, at 12 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.2%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Frankston Public Surgical Centre	14 days	0.0%	60 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	14 days	0.3%	3464 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	17 days	0.2%	10691 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.

Frankston HospitalVIC · about 1 km away15 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 22 km away12 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 27 km away15 days
The AlfredVIC · about 37 km away9 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 38 km away9 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 39 km away34 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 40 km away9 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 41 km away6 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 lump - excision and/or biopsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Frankston Public Surgical Centre (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not reported for this period	13	15
2017–18	not reported for this period	13	15
2018–19	not reported for this period	14	16
2019–20	not reported for this period	14	16
2020–21	not reported for this period	13	16
2021–22	not reported for this period	14	16
2022–23	141	14	17
2023–24	17	14	17
2024–25	14	14	17

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

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