Anal fissure repair waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] waited 29 days or less for anal fissure repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Anal fissure - repair of". This public hospital is in the Lalor 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
- 29 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 227 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 21 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 28 days in 2016–17 to 29 days in 2024–25 — up 4% — while the national median rose from 36 days to 40 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 12 km away, at 21 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 29 days | 0.0% | 227 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 31 days | 0.2% | 436 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 40 days | 0.4% | 1127 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 40 days marks the national median.
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 12 km away: 21 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 18 km away: 81 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 24 km away: 23 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 40 km away: 26 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 56 km away: 82 days
Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre, VIC · about 56 km away: 118 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 57 km away: 44 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], VIC · about 99 km away: 44 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Northern Hospital [Epping]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 28 | 30 | 36 |
| 2017–18 | 19 | 37 | 43 |
| 2018–19 | 28 | 28 | 37 |
| 2019–20 | 25 | 29 | 38 |
| 2020–21 | 39 | 45 | 48 |
| 2021–22 | 57 | 69 | 58 |
| 2022–23 | 80 | 105 | 63 |
| 2023–24 | 26 | 32 | 35 |
| 2024–25 | 29 | 31 | 40 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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