Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is a public hospital in Victoria. It reported 34 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 15 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microlaryngoscopy | 6 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 6 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Axillary node dissection | 7 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Orchidectomy | 7 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 8 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Radical neck dissection | 9 days | 48 surgeries | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | 10 days | 267 surgeries | 1.5% |
| Laparoscopy | 11 days | 104 surgeries | 1.0% |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection | 13 days | 220 surgeries | 2.7% |
| Mastectomy | 14 days | 121 surgeries | 5.0% |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 15 days | 1529 surgeries | 0.7% |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of | 15 days | 74 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Prostate biopsy | 17 days | 92 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of | 20 days | 43 surgeries | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | 21 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy | 25 days | 69 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cystoscopy | 26 days | 65 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Herniorrhaphy | 62 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Nephrectomy | 68 days | 63 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 82 days | 114 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Breast reconstruction | 125 days | 66 surgeries | 40.9% |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of | 179 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Amputation of limb | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast reduction | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | not published | not published | not published |
| Circumcision | not published | not published | not published |
| Cystectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Ectropion - correction of | not published | not published | not published |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Laryngectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Parathyroidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia | not published | not published | not published |
| Scar revision | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Ureteric - reimplantation | not published | not published | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bladder neck incision last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Haemorrhoidectomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastoidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myringotomy last reported 2015–16 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasendoscopy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Replacement of aortic aneurysm with bifurcation graft last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Rhinoplasty last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Septoplasty last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Sub-mucosal resection last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Thyroglossal remnant - removal of last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 12 days | 100% | 2648 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 52 days | 74% | 932 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 259 days | 58% | 170 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.