Breast lump removal waiting time at Shoalhaven Hospital
Half of patients at Shoalhaven Hospital waited 20 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 West Nowra 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
- 20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 37 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 105 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 64 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 19 days in 2016–17 to 20 days in 2024–25 — up 5% — while the national median rose from 15 days to 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bowral Hospital, about 45 km away, at 14 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoalhaven Hospital | 20 days | not published | 37 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.
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 41 km away: 27 days
Bowral Hospital, NSW · about 45 km away: 14 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 12 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 82 km away: 14 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 90 km away: 25 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 110 km away: 23 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 111 km away: 47 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 112 km away: 19 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Shoalhaven Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Shoalhaven Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 19 | 16 | 15 |
| 2017–18 | 19 | 17 | 15 |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 18 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 16 | 16 |
| 2020–21 | 18 | 19 | 16 |
| 2021–22 | 21 | 17 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 23 | 20 | 17 |
| 2024–25 | 20 | 19 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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