Curettage and evacuation of uterus waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] waited 4 days or less for curettage and evacuation of uterus 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
- 4 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 81 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 39 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 1 day in 2017–18 to 4 days in 2024–25 — up 300% — while the national median rose from 3 days to 4 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sunshine Hospital, about 21 km away, at 3 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 4 days | not published | 32 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 2 days | 0.0% | 2044 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 4 days | 0.1% | 8500 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 4 days marks the national median.
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 5 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 3 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 24 km away: 1 day
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 30 km away: 2 days
Sandringham Monash, VIC · about 34 km away: 2 days
Angliss Hospital, VIC · about 38 km away: 3 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 40 km away: 2 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh], VIC · about 51 km away: 2 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 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018–19 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020–21 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021–22 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022–23 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024–25 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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