Breast reconstruction waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] waited 48 days or less for breast reconstruction in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 32 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 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 35 days in 2017–18 to 48 days in 2024–25 — up 37% — while the national median rose from 118 days to 146 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 12 km away, at 24 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 48 days | not published | 32 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.
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 12 km away: 212 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 12 km away: 24 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 17 km away: 28 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 17 km away: 125 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 17 km away: 8 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 268 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 22 km away: 86 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 27 km away: 56 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 | not published | 110 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | 35 | 141 | 118 |
| 2018–19 | 112 | 117 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 168 | 158 | 137 |
| 2020–21 | 79 | 83 | 113 |
| 2021–22 | 439 | 27 | 103 |
| 2022–23 | 71 | 110 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 132 | 122 | 149 |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 84 | 146 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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