Dupuytren's contracture surgery waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Dupuytren's contracture surgery — published by the source as “Dupytren's contracture release” — at this public hospital in the Lalor area of Victoria, 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: 44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 33 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 63 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 62 days in 2016–17 to 44 days in 2024–25 — down 29% — while the national median rose from 99 days to 150 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's On the Park, about 18 km away, at 32 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Dupytren's contracture release, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	44 days	not published	33 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	88 days	11.6%	492 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	150 days	17.9%	1777 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 150 days marks the national median.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away128 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away157 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 17 km away178 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 18 km away32 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 21 km away1231 days
The AlfredVIC · about 22 km away70 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 27 km away74 days
Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 40 km away201 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 Dupytren's contracture release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	62	71	99
2017–18	81	60	95
2018–19	35	56	105
2019–20	84	71	128
2020–21	332	115	190
2021–22	377	197	198
2022–23	74	184	202
2023–24	114	110	169
2024–25	44	88	150

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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