Breast reconstruction waiting time at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

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: 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.

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 Centre	125 days	40.9%	66 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.

Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 0 km away28 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 2 km away8 days
The AlfredVIC · about 6 km away86 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 9 km away212 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 10 km away24 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 13 km away268 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 16 km away553 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 17 km away48 days

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

How the wait has changed

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
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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	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	154	110	96
2017–18	316	141	118
2018–19	221	117	111
2019–20	437	158	137
2020–21	453	83	113
2021–22	110	27	103
2022–23	421	110	154
2023–24	92	122	149
2024–25	125	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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