Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy 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: 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 135 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 105 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 85 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 lump - excision and/or biopsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	22 days	0.0%	135 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	14 days	0.3%	3464 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	17 days	0.2%	10691 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.

University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away14 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 83 km away14 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 88 km away16 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 98 km away34 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 98 km away14 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 101 km away17 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 101 km away10 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 101 km away13 days

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

How the wait has changed

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	20	13	15
2017–18	17	13	15
2018–19	19	14	16
2019–20	15	14	16
2020–21	15	13	16
2021–22	19	14	16
2022–23	15	14	17
2023–24	20	14	17
2024–25	22	14	17

What is not here

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

All surgery at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] · Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy across Australia · Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy in Victoria