Surgery Waits

Mastectomy waiting time at Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]

The median wait for mastectomy at this public hospital in the Bentleigh East area of Victoria was 12 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
12 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
88 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 97 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 17 days in 2016–17 to 12 days in 2024–25 — down 29% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 11 km away, at 5 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.9%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Mastectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]12 days0.0%88 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)13 days2.2%979 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)19 days1.9%4551 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 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 mastectomy by financial year at Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], compared with Victoria and Australiadays051015202016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 12VIC 13Australia 19
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Mastectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodMonash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17171416
2017–18181516
2018–19141417
2019–20171417
2020–21131318
2021–22121417
2022–23111317
2023–24111419
2024–25121319

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

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