Ganglion - excision of waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
The median wait for ganglion - excision of at this public hospital in the Lalor area of Victoria was 19 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
- 19 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 17 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 42 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 33 days in 2016–17 to 19 days in 2024–25 — down 42% — while the national median rose from 69 days to 105 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] | 19 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 56 days | 5.6% | 322 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 105 days | 10.3% | 1191 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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 | 33 | 44 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | 34 | 47 | 75 |
| 2018–19 | 76 | 56 | 80 |
| 2019–20 | 50 | 68 | 91 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 130 | 145 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 136 | 136 |
| 2022–23 | 67 | 140 | 136 |
| 2023–24 | 42 | 98 | 107 |
| 2024–25 | 19 | 56 | 105 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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