Surgery Waits

Breast reconstruction waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]

The median wait for breast reconstruction at this public hospital in the Bellfield area of Victoria was 212 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
212 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
30 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 34 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 483 days in 2023–24 to 212 days in 2024–25 — down 56% — while the national median fell from 149 days to 146 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 1 km away, at 24 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Breast reconstruction, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]212 daysnot published30 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)84 days26.8%564 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)146 days25.7%1192 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 146 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for breast reconstruction by financial year at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], compared with Victoria and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 212VIC 84Australia 146
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Breast reconstruction, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodHeidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this period11096
2017–18not reported for this period141118
2018–19not reported for this period117111
2019–20not reported for this period158137
2020–21not reported for this period83113
2021–22not reported for this period27103
2022–23not reported for this period110154
2023–24483122149
2024–2521284146

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] · Breast reconstruction across Australia · Breast reconstruction in Victoria