Surgery Waits

Dupuytren's contracture surgery waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

The median wait for Dupuytren's contracture surgery — published by the source as "Dupytren's contracture release" — at this public hospital in the Lalor area of Victoria was 44 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
44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
33 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 63 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 62 days in 2016–17 to 44 days in 2024–25 — down 29% — while the national median rose from 99 days to 150 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's On the Park, about 18 km away, at 32 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Dupytren's contracture release, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Northern Hospital [Epping]44 daysnot published33 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)88 days11.6%492 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)150 days17.9%1777 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 150 days marks the national median.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Dupytren's contracture release by financial year at The Northern Hospital [Epping], compared with Victoria and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Northern Hospital [Epping] 44VIC 88Australia 150
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Dupytren's contracture release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17627199
2017–18816095
2018–193556105
2019–208471128
2020–21332115190
2021–22377197198
2022–2374184202
2023–24114110169
2024–254488150

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

All surgery at The Northern Hospital [Epping] · Dupuytren's contracture surgery across Australia · Dupuytren's contracture surgery in Victoria