Breast lump removal waiting time at Box Hill Hospital
The median wait for breast lump removal — published by the source as "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy" — at this public hospital in the Box Hill area of Victoria was 9 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 9 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 105 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 21 days in 2021–22 to 9 days in 2024–25 — down 57% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's On the Park, about 12 km away, at 6 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box Hill Hospital | 9 days | not published | 18 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Box Hill Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Box Hill Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 13 | 15 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 13 | 15 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 14 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 14 | 16 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 13 | 16 |
| 2021–22 | 21 | 14 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 16 | 14 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 13 | 14 | 17 |
| 2024–25 | 9 | 14 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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