Breast lump removal waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] 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 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
- 20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 242 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 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 16 days in 2016–17 to 20 days in 2024–25 — up 25% — while the national median rose from 15 days to 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 12 km away, at 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 20 days | 0.0% | 242 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.
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 12 km away: 15 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 17 km away: 13 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 17 km away: 17 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 17 km away: 10 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 17 km away: 7 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 18 km away: 6 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 9 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 16 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 | 16 | 13 | 15 |
| 2017–18 | 15 | 13 | 15 |
| 2018–19 | 17 | 14 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | 14 | 14 | 16 |
| 2020–21 | 18 | 13 | 16 |
| 2021–22 | 21 | 14 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 20 | 14 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 17 | 14 | 17 |
| 2024–25 | 20 | 14 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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