Breast lump removal waiting time at Port Macquarie Base Hospital
Half of patients at Port Macquarie Base Hospital waited 21 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 Port Macquarie area of New South Wales.
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
- 21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 60 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 105 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 79 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 15 days in 2016–17 to 21 days in 2024–25 — up 40% — while the national median rose from 15 days to 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Coffs Harbour Hospital, about 128 km away, at 18 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Macquarie Base Hospital | 21 days | 0.0% | 60 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 0.1% | 2784 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.
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 22 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 18 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 189 km away: 16 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 190 km away: 18 days
Calvary Mater Newcastle, NSW · about 194 km away: 21 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 210 km away: 14 days
Cessnock Hospital, NSW · about 210 km away: 20 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 240 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
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Port Macquarie Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| 2017–18 | 15 | 17 | 15 |
| 2018–19 | 16 | 18 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 16 | 16 |
| 2020–21 | 21 | 19 | 16 |
| 2021–22 | 19 | 17 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 21 | 20 | 17 |
| 2024–25 | 21 | 19 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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