Haemorrhoid surgery waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for haemorrhoid surgery — published by the source as “Haemorrhoidectomy” — 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: 33 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 197 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 109 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.

The median wait here has fallen from 58 days in 2011–12 to 33 days in 2024–25 — down 43% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 63 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 12 km away, at 28 days. Here, 0.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.6%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Haemorrhoidectomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	33 days	0.5%	197 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	43 days	1.7%	2209 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	63 days	2.6%	4759 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 63 days marks the national median.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away28 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away8 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away63 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 17 km away129 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 18 km away56 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 19 km away41 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 20 km away104 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 21 km away49 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 Haemorrhoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	58	63	57
2012–13	99	79	59
2013–14	77	69	59
2014–15	81	58	56
2015–16	69	55	54
2016–17	26	41	49
2017–18	25	37	47
2018–19	23	34	49
2019–20	53	38	57
2020–21	36	70	70
2021–22	93	99	77
2022–23	56	127	90
2023–24	31	53	67
2024–25	33	43	63

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

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