Circumcision waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

The median wait for circumcision at this public hospital in the Lalor area of Victoria was 39 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: 39 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 75 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 102 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 70 days in 2016–17 to 39 days in 2024–25 — down 44% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's On the Park, about 18 km away, at 26 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 9.1%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Circumcision, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	39 days	0.0%	75 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	55 days	3.2%	816 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	80 days	9.1%	3291 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away83 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 17 km away132 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away70 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 18 km away26 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 19 km away119 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 20 km away55 days
The AlfredVIC · about 22 km away28 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 26 km away55 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 Circumcision, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	70	47	60
2017–18	36	42	57
2018–19	50	39	60
2019–20	37	45	63
2020–21	59	84	85
2021–22	112	78	84
2022–23	79	112	95
2023–24	63	63	78
2024–25	39	55	80

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

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