Breast lump removal waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
Half of patients at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] waited 15 days or less for breast lump removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy". This public hospital is in the Bellfield 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
- 15 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 306 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.3%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 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 18 days in 2023–24 to 15 days in 2024–25 — down 17% — while the national median stayed at 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 8 km away, at 7 days. Here, 0.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.2%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Breast lump - excision and/or 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 15 days | 0.3% | 306 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.
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 8 km away: 7 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 9 km away: 6 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 9 km away: 9 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 9 km away: 13 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 9 km away: 10 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 9 km away: 17 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 12 km away: 9 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 12 km away: 20 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] (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 | not reported for this period | 14 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 18 | 14 | 17 |
| 2024–25 | 15 | 14 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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