Ovary and fallopian tube surgery waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] waited 27 days or less for ovary and fallopian tube surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy". 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
- 27 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 427 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 100 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 10 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 18 days in 2016–17 to 27 days in 2024–25 — up 50% — while the national median rose from 41 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, about 17 km away, at 21 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 27 days | 0.0% | 427 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 40 days | 0.9% | 1824 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 56 days | 2.4% | 4989 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 56 days marks the national median.
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 12 km away: 266 days
Mercy Hospital for Women, VIC · about 12 km away: 65 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 17 km away: 37 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 17 km away: 21 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 29 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 22 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 24 km away: 50 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 30 km away: 48 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 | 18 | 33 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 57 | 33 | 43 |
| 2018–19 | 34 | 36 | 48 |
| 2019–20 | 56 | 37 | 50 |
| 2020–21 | 26 | 65 | 64 |
| 2021–22 | 32 | 59 | 63 |
| 2022–23 | 72 | 77 | 69 |
| 2023–24 | 46 | 54 | 57 |
| 2024–25 | 27 | 40 | 56 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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