Surgery Waits

Breast reduction waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

The median wait for breast reduction at this public hospital in the Lalor area of Victoria was 61 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
61 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
22 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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 82 days in 2017–18 to 61 days in 2024–25 — down 26% — while the national median rose from 216 days to 309 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Breast reduction, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Northern Hospital [Epping]61 daysnot published22 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)182 days27.9%190 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)309 days33.2%744 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 309 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for breast reduction by financial year at The Northern Hospital [Epping], compared with Victoria and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Northern Hospital [Epping] 61VIC 182Australia 309
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Breast reduction, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published424178
2017–1882244216
2018–19166230250
2019–20not publishednot published326
2020–21not publishednot published347
2021–22not publishednot published301
2022–23203358365
2023–2494312325
2024–2561182309

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at The Northern Hospital [Epping] · Breast reduction across Australia · Breast reduction in Victoria