Prostate biopsy waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]

The median wait for prostate biopsy at this public hospital in the Bellfield area of Victoria was 22 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 342 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 90 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 19 days in 2023–24 to 22 days in 2024–25 — up 16% — while the national median rose from 29 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, about 9 km away, at 17 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Prostate biopsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]	22 days	0.0%	342 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	27 days	0.1%	2876 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	33 days	0.4%	11402 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.

Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 9 km away26 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 9 km away17 days
The AlfredVIC · about 12 km away20 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 12 km away39 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 18 km away17 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 18 km away130 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 19 km away27 days
Yarra Ranges HealthVIC · about 27 km away28 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Prostate biopsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not reported for this period	24	27
2017–18	not reported for this period	27	29
2018–19	not reported for this period	27	29
2019–20	not reported for this period	25	28
2020–21	not reported for this period	26	29
2021–22	not reported for this period	26	28
2022–23	not reported for this period	27	30
2023–24	19	26	29
2024–25	22	27	33

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

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