Breast prosthesis - removal of waiting time at Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]
The median wait for breast prosthesis - removal of at this public hospital in the Ringwood East area of Victoria was 153 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
- 153 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 22 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 37 days in 2018–19 to 153 days in 2024–25 — up 314% — while the national median rose from 75 days to 96 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], about 26 km away, at 119 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] | 153 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 16.1% | 192 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 61 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 150 days | 22.1% | 122 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 14.5% | 708 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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.
How the wait has changed
- Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 59 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 64 |
| 2018–19 | 37 | 90 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 30 | not published | 81 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 86 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 101 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 213 | 126 |
| 2023–24 | 430 | 176 | 111 |
| 2024–25 | 153 | 150 | 96 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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