WaitFinder

Mastectomy waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Mastectomy, nationally and by state.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Across Australia, the median wait for Mastectomy in public hospitals was 19 days in 2024–25, from 4551 surgeries. 1.9% of people waited more than 365 days. 97 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.

Mastectomy in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank State or territory Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Victoria 13 days 2.2% 979 surgeries
2 Western Australia 18 days 2.1% 576 surgeries
3 South Australia 19 days 2.0% 503 surgeries
4 Queensland 20 days 1.3% 1057 surgeries
5 New South Wales 21 days 1.8% 1183 surgeries
6 Tasmania 23 days 2.5% 121 surgeries
unranked Australian Capital Territory not published not published 88 surgeries
unranked Northern Territory not published not published 44 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Mastectomy by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays051015202016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Australia 19VIC 13WA 18SA 19
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Mastectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)VIC (days)WA (days)SA (days)
2016–1716141420
2017–1816151818
2018–1917141819
2019–2017141615
2020–2118131717
2021–2217141418
2022–2317131716
2023–2419141819
2024–2519131819

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.