Breast removal waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] waited 22 days or less for breast removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Mastectomy". 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
- 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 36 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 97 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 70 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 20 days in 2016–17 to 22 days in 2024–25 — up 10% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 12 km away, at 19 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 22 days | not published | 36 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 13 days | 2.2% | 979 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 1.9% | 4551 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 12 km away: 19 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 12 km away: 13 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 17 km away: 19 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 17 km away: 14 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 17 km away: 14 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 17 km away: 16 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 8 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 15 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 | 20 | 14 | 16 |
| 2017–18 | 17 | 15 | 16 |
| 2018–19 | 20 | 14 | 17 |
| 2019–20 | 15 | 14 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 15 | 13 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 14 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 17 | 13 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 19 | 14 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 22 | 13 | 19 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Northern Hospital [Epping] · Breast removal across Australia · Breast removal in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria