Dialysis access surgery waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] waited 25 days or less for dialysis access surgery 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
- 25 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 68 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 75 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 60 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 65 days in 2016–17 to 25 days in 2024–25 — down 62% — while the national median rose from 12 days to 15 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 12 km away, at 15 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.3%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 25 days | 0.0% | 68 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.4% | 944 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 15 days | 0.3% | 5765 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 15 days marks the national median.
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 12 km away: 15 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 17 km away: 22 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 17 km away: 21 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 19 km away: 20 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 57 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 21 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 22 km away: 16 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 33 km away: 21 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 | 65 | 22 | 12 |
| 2017–18 | 20 | 20 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 20 | 21 | 14 |
| 2019–20 | 22 | 19 | 14 |
| 2020–21 | 17 | 18 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | 24 | 15 | 13 |
| 2022–23 | 19 | 17 | 15 |
| 2023–24 | 21 | 20 | 16 |
| 2024–25 | 25 | 20 | 15 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Northern Hospital [Epping] · Dialysis access surgery across Australia · Dialysis access surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria