Prostate biopsy waiting time at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Half of patients at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre waited 17 days or less for prostate biopsy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Carlton 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
- 17 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 92 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 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 33 days in 2017–18 to 17 days in 2024–25 — down 48% — while the national median rose from 29 days to 33 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 0.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | 17 days | 0.0% | 92 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.
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 0 km away: 26 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 6 km away: 20 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 9 km away: 17 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 9 km away: 22 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 16 km away: 130 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 km away: 39 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 26 km away: 27 days
Yarra Ranges Health, VIC · about 35 km away: 28 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 24 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | 33 | 27 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 44 | 27 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | 41 | 25 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 46 | 26 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 21 | 26 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 23 | 27 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 17 | 26 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 17 | 27 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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