Prostate biopsy waiting time at Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]

The median wait for prostate biopsy at this public hospital in the Ringwood East area of Victoria was 27 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: 27 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 173 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 28 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 11 days in 2019–20 to 27 days in 2024–25 — up 145% — while the national median rose from 28 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 19 km away, at 22 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Prostate biopsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]	27 days	0.0%	173 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.

Yarra Ranges HealthVIC · about 10 km away28 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 19 km away22 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 21 km away130 days
The AlfredVIC · about 24 km away20 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 26 km away26 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 26 km away17 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 27 km away39 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 28 km away125 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	Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] (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	11	25	28
2020–21	25	26	29
2021–22	23	26	28
2022–23	20	27	30
2023–24	23	26	29
2024–25	27	27	33

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

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