Breast lump removal waiting time at Wollongong Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for breast lump removal — published by the source as “Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy” — at this public hospital in the Wollongong area of New South Wales, 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
- 12 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 120 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 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 13 days in 2016–17 to 12 days in 2024–25 — down 8% — while the national median rose from 15 days to 17 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Hospital | 12 days | 0.0% | 120 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Wollongong Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wollongong Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 13 | 16 | 15 |
| 2017–18 | 15 | 17 | 15 |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 18 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| 2020–21 | 14 | 19 | 16 |
| 2021–22 | 15 | 17 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 14 | 18 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 17 | 20 | 17 |
| 2024–25 | 12 | 19 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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