Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

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: 14 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 92 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 18 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
University Hospital Geelong	14 days	0.0%	92 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	14 days	0.3%	3464 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.

Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 41 km away14 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 56 km away34 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 59 km away16 days
The AlfredVIC · about 64 km away9 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 65 km away17 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 65 km away10 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 65 km away13 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 66 km away6 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	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	8	13	15
2017–18	12	13	15
2018–19	12	14	16
2019–20	12	14	16
2020–21	12	13	16
2021–22	13	14	16
2022–23	13	14	17
2023–24	13	14	17
2024–25	14	14	17

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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