Breast reduction waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
Half of patients at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] waited 395 days or less for breast reduction in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the North Melbourne 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
- 395 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 543 days in 2023–24 to 395 days in 2024–25 — down 27% — while the national median fell from 325 days to 309 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], about 1 km away, at 321 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 395 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 27.9% | 190 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 309 days | 33.2% | 744 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 309 days marks the national median.
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 1 km away: 321 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 km away: 61 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 19 km away: 87 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 31 km away: 849 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 43 km away: 258 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 45 km away: 260 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 424 | 178 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 244 | 216 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 230 | 250 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 326 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 347 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 301 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 358 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 543 | 312 | 325 |
| 2024–25 | 395 | 182 | 309 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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