Thyroid gland removal waiting time at Fiona Stanley Hospital
Half of patients at Fiona Stanley Hospital waited 67 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 Murdoch area of Western Australia.
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
- 67 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 146 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 6.8%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 59 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 73 days in 2016–17 to 67 days in 2024–25 — down 8% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 12 km away, at 40 days. Here, 6.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Stanley Hospital | 67 days | 6.8% | 146 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 3.4% | 531 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.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 40 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 13 km away: 106 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 25 km away: 56 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 26 km away: 98 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 38 km away: 32 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 145 km away: 52 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Fiona Stanley Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Fiona Stanley Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 73 | 27 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 115 | 36 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | 45 | 31 | 50 |
| 2019–20 | 59 | 30 | 52 |
| 2020–21 | 43 | 42 | 53 |
| 2021–22 | 104 | 60 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | 88 | 71 | 63 |
| 2023–24 | 101 | 41 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 67 | 53 | 56 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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