Prostate biopsy waiting time at The Bendigo Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Prostate 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: 83 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 206 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.5%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 90 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 82 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 Prostate biopsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Bendigo Hospital	83 days	0.5%	206 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	27 days	0.1%	2876 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	33 days	0.4%	11402 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 98 km away84 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 109 km away23 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 120 km away39 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 131 km away22 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 131 km away26 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 131 km away17 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 135 km away17 days
The AlfredVIC · about 137 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 Prostate biopsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Bendigo Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	22	24	27
2017–18	23	27	29
2018–19	21	27	29
2019–20	31	25	28
2020–21	27	26	29
2021–22	25	26	28
2022–23	33	27	30
2023–24	28	26	29
2024–25	83	27	33

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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