Breast lump removal waiting time at Sunshine Hospital
Half of patients at Sunshine Hospital waited 16 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 Sunshine North 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
- 16 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 193 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 40 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 19 days in 2016–17 to 16 days in 2024–25 — down 16% — while the national median rose from 15 days to 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 13 km away, at 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Hospital | 16 days | 0.0% | 193 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 14 days | 0.3% | 3464 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.
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 13 km away: 17 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 13 km away: 13 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 13 km away: 10 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 34 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 15 km away: 7 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 15 km away: 6 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 17 km away: 9 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 18 km away: 14 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sunshine Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sunshine Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 19 | 13 | 15 |
| 2017–18 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
| 2018–19 | 11 | 14 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
| 2020–21 | 16 | 13 | 16 |
| 2021–22 | 16 | 14 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 19 | 14 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 14 | 17 |
| 2024–25 | 16 | 14 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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