Breast lump removal waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 14 days or less for breast lump removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy". This public hospital is in the Turvey Park area of New South Wales.
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
- 14 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 93 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 105 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 16 days in 2016–17 to 14 days in 2024–25 — down 13% — while the national median rose from 15 days to 17 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.2%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 14 days | 0.0% | 93 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 0.1% | 2784 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 14 days | 0.3% | 3464 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 17 days | 0.2% | 10691 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 121 km away: 20 days
Griffith Base Hospital, NSW · about 152 km away: 15 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 167 km away: 17 days
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 188 km away: 18 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 219 km away: 14 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 224 km away: 15 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| 2017–18 | 22 | 17 | 15 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 18 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | 20 | 16 | 16 |
| 2020–21 | 20 | 19 | 16 |
| 2021–22 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 21 | 18 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 20 | 20 | 17 |
| 2024–25 | 14 | 19 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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