Prostate biopsy waiting time at Frankston Public Surgical Centre
Half of patients at Frankston Public Surgical Centre waited 35 days or less for prostate biopsy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Frankston 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
- 35 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 71 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 90 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 49 days in 2022–23 to 35 days in 2024–25 — down 29% — while the national median rose from 30 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Frankston Hospital, about 1 km away, at 21 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankston Public Surgical Centre | 35 days | 0.0% | 71 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 27 days | 0.1% | 2876 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.4% | 11402 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 1 km away: 21 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 22 km away: 125 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 27 km away: 130 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 37 km away: 20 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 39 km away: 17 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 40 km away: 27 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 42 km away: 17 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 42 km away: 26 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Frankston Public Surgical Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Frankston Public Surgical Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 24 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 27 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 27 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 25 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 26 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 26 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 49 | 27 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 44 | 26 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 35 | 27 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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