Prostate biopsy waiting time at Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]

The median wait for prostate biopsy at this public hospital in the Shepparton area of Victoria was 23 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: 23 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 67 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 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northeast Health Wangaratta, about 81 km away, at 14 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Prostate biopsy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Prostate biopsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]	23 days	0.0%	67 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.

Northeast Health WangarattaVIC · about 81 km away14 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 109 km away83 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 135 km away20 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 148 km away39 days
Yarra Ranges HealthVIC · about 155 km away28 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 158 km away22 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 161 km away27 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 165 km away26 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 Prostate biopsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not reported for this period	24	27
2017–18	not published	27	29
2018–19	not published	27	29
2019–20	not published	25	28
2020–21	not published	26	29
2021–22	not published	26	28
2022–23	not published	27	30
2023–24	not reported for this period	26	29
2024–25	23	27	33

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

All surgery at Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] · Prostate biopsy across Australia · Prostate biopsy in Victoria