Breast reconstruction waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Breast reconstruction at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 24 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 44 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 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Breast reconstruction, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	24 days	not published	44 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	84 days	26.8%	564 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	146 days	25.7%	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.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 1 km away212 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 9 km away8 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 10 km away28 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 10 km away125 days
The AlfredVIC · about 12 km away86 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 12 km away48 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 18 km away56 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 18 km away553 days

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

How the wait has changed

Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]
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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 period	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	80	110	96
2017–18	113	141	118
2018–19	70	117	111
2019–20	98	158	137
2020–21	75	83	113
2021–22	21	27	103
2022–23	123	110	154
2023–24	24	122	149
2024–25	24	84	146

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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