Prolapse repair waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] waited 145 days or less for prolapse repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior". 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
- 145 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 66 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 45 days in 2016–17 to 145 days in 2024–25 — up 222% — while the national median rose from 96 days to 165 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], about 17 km away, at 91 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 145 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 124 days | 6.1% | 642 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 165 days | 16.9% | 2117 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 165 days marks the national median.
Mercy Hospital for Women, VIC · about 12 km away: 170 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 17 km away: 91 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 122 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 97 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 30 km away: 141 days
Sandringham Monash, VIC · about 34 km away: 230 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 40 km away: 185 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 52 km away: 141 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 | 45 | 85 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 111 | 126 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 98 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 101 | 119 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 177 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 131 | 183 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 211 | 220 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 153 | 176 |
| 2024–25 | 145 | 124 | 165 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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