Breast removal waiting time at The Bendigo Hospital
Half of patients at The Bendigo Hospital waited 16 days or less for breast removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Mastectomy". This public hospital is in the Bendigo 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
- 41 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 97 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 28 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 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], about 109 km away, at 14 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bendigo Hospital | 16 days | not published | 41 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 13 days | 2.2% | 979 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 1.9% | 4551 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 98 km away: 19 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 109 km away: 14 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 120 km away: 22 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 122 km away: 15 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 131 km away: 19 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 131 km away: 14 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 131 km away: 19 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 131 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
- The Bendigo Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Bendigo Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 19 | 14 | 16 |
| 2017–18 | 12 | 15 | 16 |
| 2018–19 | 16 | 14 | 17 |
| 2019–20 | 13 | 14 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 19 | 13 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 22 | 14 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 16 | 13 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 14 | 14 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 16 | 13 | 19 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Bendigo Hospital · Breast removal across Australia · Breast removal in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria