Surgery Waits

Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting time at Dubbo Hospital

The median wait for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy at this public hospital in the Dubbo area of New South Wales was 59 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
59 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
37 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 95 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 46 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 79 days in 2016–17 to 59 days in 2024–25 — down 25% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hawkesbury Hospital, about 256 km away, at 52 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Dubbo Hospital59 daysnot published37 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)70 days7.2%1836 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)56 days3.4%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy by financial year at Dubbo Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Dubbo Hospital 59NSW 70Australia 56
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Median wait in days for Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodDubbo Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17796652
2017–18806354
2018–19486350
2019–20676352
2020–21797353
2021–221046449
2022–23517763
2023–24586958
2024–25597056

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

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