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Breast implant removal waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for breast implant removal in Victoria public hospitals was 150 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 96 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Breast prosthesis - removal of".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

24 public hospitals in Victoria reported breast implant removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Breast prosthesis - removal of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

20 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 96 days marks the national median.

Breast prosthesis - removal of in Victoria public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville] 119 days not published 18 surgeries
2 Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] 153 days not published 12 surgeries
3 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 179 days not published 10 surgeries
4 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 363 days not published 12 surgeries
unranked Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] not published not published not published
unranked Bass Coast Health not published not published not published
unranked Blackburn Public Surgical Centre not published not published not published
unranked Box Hill Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Casey Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Dandenong Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] not published not published not published
unranked Frankston Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Frankston Public Surgical Centre not published not published not published
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published not published
unranked Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] not published not published not published
unranked South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] not published not published not published
unranked St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Sunshine Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked The Alfred not published not published not published
unranked The Bendigo Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Northern Hospital [Epping] not published not published not published
unranked University Hospital Geelong not published not published not published
unranked Williamstown Hospital not published not published not published
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The median wait for breast implant removal in Victoria public hospitals was 150 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Breast implant removal waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-prosthesis-removal-of/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-prosthesis-removal-of/vic/), 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.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Victoria.