Pilonidal sinus surgery waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

The median wait for pilonidal sinus surgery at this public hospital in the Lalor area of Victoria was 44 days in 2024–25.

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: 44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 62 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 46 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 32 days in 2016–17 to 44 days in 2024–25 — up 38% — while the national median rose from 55 days to 65 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 12 km away, at 38 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 3.4%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Pilonidal sinus surgery, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	44 days	0.0%	62 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	43 days	2.5%	445 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	65 days	3.4%	1265 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 65 days marks the national median.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away38 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away49 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 21 km away55 days
Blackburn Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 24 km away48 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 26 km away70 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 33 km away53 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 34 km away13 days
Angliss HospitalVIC · about 38 km away49 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Pilonidal sinus surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	32	43	55
2017–18	39	52	61
2018–19	25	53	63
2019–20	27	60	67
2020–21	37	97	83
2021–22	87	108	93
2022–23	30	132	94
2023–24	30	45	70
2024–25	44	43	65

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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