Surgery Waits

Mastectomy waiting time at Sunshine Hospital

The median wait for mastectomy at this public hospital in the Sunshine North area of Victoria was 15 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
15 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
57 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
1.8%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 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 9 days in 2016–17 to 15 days in 2024–25 — up 67% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], about 13 km away, at 14 days. Here, 1.8% 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
Sunshine Hospital15 days1.8%57 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 Sunshine Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays051015202016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Sunshine Hospital 15VIC 13Australia 19
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Median wait in days for Mastectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSunshine Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–1791416
2017–18141516
2018–19131417
2019–20141417
2020–21101318
2021–22111417
2022–23111317
2023–24151419
2024–25151319

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

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