Breast reduction waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] waited 61 days or less for breast reduction 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
- 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 61 days | not published | 22 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 27.9% | 190 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 309 days | 33.2% | 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.
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 17 km away: 395 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 17 km away: 321 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 24 km away: 87 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 40 km away: 849 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 52 km away: 260 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 57 km away: 258 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 | 424 | 178 |
| 2017–18 | 82 | 244 | 216 |
| 2018–19 | 166 | 230 | 250 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 326 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 347 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 301 |
| 2022–23 | 203 | 358 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 94 | 312 | 325 |
| 2024–25 | 61 | 182 | 309 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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