Thyroid gland removal waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]
Half of patients at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] waited 42 days or less for thyroid gland removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy". This public hospital is in the Eaglemont area of Victoria.
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
- 42 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 131 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.3%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 95 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 81 days in 2016–17 to 42 days in 2024–25 — down 48% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Box Hill Hospital, about 8 km away, at 22 days. Here, 2.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 3.4%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 42 days | 2.3% | 131 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 46 days | 1.4% | 1646 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 56 days | 3.4% | 5721 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 56 days marks the national median.
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 8 km away: 22 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 9 km away: 39 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 10 km away: 46 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 10 km away: 25 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 11 km away: 57 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 12 km away: 38 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 12 km away: 63 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 16 km away: 109 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 81 | 54 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 82 | 52 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | 38 | 48 | 50 |
| 2019–20 | 36 | 49 | 52 |
| 2020–21 | 22 | 42 | 53 |
| 2021–22 | 14 | 34 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | 22 | 56 | 63 |
| 2023–24 | 91 | 58 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 42 | 46 | 56 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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