Breast removal waiting time at North Canberra Hospital
Half of patients at North Canberra Hospital waited 22 days or less for breast removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Mastectomy". This public hospital is in the Bruce area of Australian Capital Territory.
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
- 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 84 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.4%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 97 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 70 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 21 days in 2023–24 to 22 days in 2024–25 — up 5% — while the national median stayed at 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Moruya Hospital, about 114 km away, at 19 days. Here, 2.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.9%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Mastectomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Canberra Hospital | 22 days | 2.4% | 84 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 88 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 21 days | 1.8% | 1183 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 1.9% | 4551 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.
Moruya Hospital, NSW · about 114 km away: 19 days
Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW · about 144 km away: 16 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 158 km away: 17 days
South East Regional Hospital, NSW · about 174 km away: 26 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 177 km away: 28 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 188 km away: 15 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 204 km away: 21 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 215 km away: 21 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- North Canberra Hospital
- ACT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | North Canberra Hospital (days) | ACT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 16 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not published | 16 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not published | 17 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not published | 17 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not published | 18 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not published | 17 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not published | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 21 | not published | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 22 | not published | 19 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at North Canberra Hospital · Breast removal across Australia · Breast removal in Australian Capital Territory · All surgery waits in Australian Capital Territory