Surgery Waits

Breast reconstruction waiting time at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

The median wait for breast reconstruction at this public hospital in the Carlton area of Victoria was 125 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
125 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
66 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
40.9%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 34 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 154 days in 2016–17 to 125 days in 2024–25 — down 19% — while the national median rose from 96 days to 146 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 0 km away, at 28 days. Here, 40.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 25.7%.

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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
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre125 days40.9%66 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 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, compared with Victoria and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 125VIC 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 periodPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–1715411096
2017–18316141118
2018–19221117111
2019–20437158137
2020–2145383113
2021–2211027103
2022–23421110154
2023–2492122149
2024–2512584146

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

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