Urine passage widening waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] waited 36 days or less for urine passage widening in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Urethra - dilatation of". 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
- 36 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 14 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 26 days in 2016–17 to 36 days in 2024–25 — up 38% — while the national median fell from 29 days to 27 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 12 km away, at 18 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 36 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 0.8% | 358 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 21 days | 1.7% | 176 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 27 days | 1.0% | 599 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 27 days marks the national median.
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 12 km away: 18 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 12 km away: 14 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 79 km away: 57 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 351 km away: 30 days
Griffith Base Hospital, NSW · about 386 km away: 28 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
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 | 26 | 25 | 29 |
| 2017–18 | 22 | 28 | 28 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 30 | 32 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 32 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 29 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 25 | 27 |
| 2022–23 | 20 | not published | 31 |
| 2023–24 | 16 | 18 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 36 | 21 | 27 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Northern Hospital [Epping] · Urine passage widening across Australia · Urine passage widening in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria