--- title: "Breast lump removal near Herston" description: "Public hospitals in or near Herston ranked by median wait for breast lump removal, 2024–25. Shortest wait: 16 days." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/near/herston/" --- # Breast lump removal near Herston Near Herston, [Mater Adult Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mater-adult-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) and [Princess Alexandra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/princess-alexandra-hospital/breast-lump-removal/), just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for breast lump removal in 2024–25: **16 days** (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 5 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for breast lump removal, shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. 2 hospitals sit just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and are included because a referral can cross the line. The source publishes this surgery as "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy". ## Hospitals in or near Herston Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy at public hospitals in or near Herston, 2024–25, by median wait. Hospitals with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Mater Adult Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mater-adult-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | 16 days | 0.9% | Dutton Park, QLD. Outside this area, about 4 km from Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service. | | 1 | [Princess Alexandra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/princess-alexandra-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | 16 days | 0.0% | Dutton Park, QLD. Outside this area, about 6 km from Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service. | | 3 | [Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-brisbane-womens-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | 17 days | 0.0% | Herston, QLD. In this area. | | 4 | [The Prince Charles Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-prince-charles-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | 18 days | 0.0% | Chermside West, QLD. In this area. | | 5 | [Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/surgical-treatment-and-rehabilitation-service/breast-lump-removal/) | 20 days | 0.0% | Herston, QLD. In this area. | This area covers Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service and The Prince Charles Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Metro North (Qld)" within 25 km of Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital. 2 other hospitals of the network are farther away and not part of this area. Distances are straight lines between hospital locations, rounded to the nearest kilometre; they are not travel distances. A shorter median does not mean a hospital will see you sooner: your urgency category and your specialist decide that. **Cite this page** > Near Herston, Mater Adult Hospital and Princess Alexandra Hospital, just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for breast lump removal in 2024–25: 16 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Breast lump removal near Herston: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/near/herston/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/near/herston/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/near/herston/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ## What is not here Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here. See [every Queensland hospital for breast lump removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/qld/), or every hospital in [Metro North](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/metro-north/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. 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