Breast reduction waiting time at Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]
The median wait for breast reduction at this public hospital in the North Melbourne area of Victoria was 321 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 321 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 32 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 279 days in 2017–18 to 321 days in 2024–25 — up 15% — while the national median rose from 216 days to 309 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Northern Hospital [Epping], about 17 km away, at 61 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville] | 321 days | not published | 32 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 27.9% | 190 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 309 days | 33.2% | 744 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
- Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 424 | 178 |
| 2017–18 | 279 | 244 | 216 |
| 2018–19 | 319 | 230 | 250 |
| 2019–20 | 298 | not published | 326 |
| 2020–21 | 395 | not published | 347 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 301 |
| 2022–23 | 411 | 358 | 365 |
| 2023–24 | 279 | 312 | 325 |
| 2024–25 | 321 | 182 | 309 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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