Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy waiting time at Tamworth 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: 18 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 93 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 50 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
Tamworth Hospital	18 days	0.0%	93 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	19 days	0.1%	2784 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.

Manning HospitalNSW · about 172 km away22 days
Port Macquarie Base HospitalNSW · about 190 km away21 days
Maitland HospitalNSW · about 193 km away16 days
Cessnock HospitalNSW · about 199 km away20 days
Calvary Mater NewcastleNSW · about 216 km away21 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 224 km away18 days
Belmont HospitalNSW · about 227 km away14 days
Wyong HospitalNSW · about 249 km away20 days

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

How the wait has changed

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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	Tamworth Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	15	16	15
2017–18	17	17	15
2018–19	21	18	16
2019–20	19	16	16
2020–21	16	19	16
2021–22	16	17	16
2022–23	18	18	17
2023–24	14	20	17
2024–25	18	19	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 Tamworth Hospital · Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy across Australia · Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy in New South Wales