Breast reconstruction waiting time at Sunshine Hospital
Half of patients at Sunshine Hospital waited 268 days or less for breast reconstruction in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 268 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 19 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 34 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 26 days in 2022–23 to 268 days in 2024–25 — up 931% — while the national median fell from 154 days to 146 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 13 km away, at 28 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Hospital | 268 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 84 days | 26.8% | 564 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 146 days | 25.7% | 1192 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 146 days marks the national median.
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 13 km away: 28 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 13 km away: 125 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 15 km away: 8 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 17 km away: 86 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 20 km away: 212 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 21 km away: 48 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 21 km away: 24 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 28 km away: 553 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 | not published | 110 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 141 | 118 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 117 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 158 | 137 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 83 | 113 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 27 | 103 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 110 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 503 | 122 | 149 |
| 2024–25 | 268 | 84 | 146 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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