Prostate surgery waiting time at Northeast Health Wangaratta
Half of patients at Northeast Health Wangaratta waited 25 days or less for prostate surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)". This public hospital is in the Wangaratta 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
- 25 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 89 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 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 10 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 28 days in 2011–12 to 25 days in 2024–25 — down 11% — while the national median rose from 42 days to 55 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.0%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Health Wangaratta | 25 days | 0.0% | 89 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 5.0% | 2707 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 42 days | 4.5% | 2702 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 4.0% | 8810 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 55 days marks the national median.
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 56 km away: 55 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 81 km away: 94 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 167 km away: 30 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 185 km away: 37 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 187 km away: 78 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 187 km away: 51 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 192 km away: 28 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 192 km away: 64 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
- Northeast Health Wangaratta
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Northeast Health Wangaratta (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 28 | 33 | 42 |
| 2012–13 | 20 | 27 | 39 |
| 2013–14 | 37 | 34 | 43 |
| 2014–15 | 59 | 29 | 40 |
| 2015–16 | 34 | 32 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 28 | 30 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 26 | 33 | 46 |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 34 | 44 |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 30 | 44 |
| 2020–21 | 27 | 36 | 54 |
| 2021–22 | 20 | 28 | 48 |
| 2022–23 | 19 | 50 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 16 | 48 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 25 | 42 | 55 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Northeast Health Wangaratta · Prostate surgery across Australia · Prostate surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria