Salivary gland removal waiting time at Frankston Hospital
Half of patients at Frankston Hospital waited 108 days or less for salivary gland removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of". This public hospital is in the Frankston 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
- 108 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 54 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Dandenong Hospital, about 21 km away, at 45 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankston Hospital | 108 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 42 days | 4.5% | 514 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 45 days | 4.1% | 1742 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 45 days marks the national median.
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 45 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 25 km away: 122 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 26 km away: 69 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 36 km away: 26 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 37 km away: 37 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 41 km away: 44 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 42 km away: 20 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 42 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
- Frankston Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Frankston Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 28 | 30 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 42 | 38 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 33 | 37 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 48 | 41 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 28 | 42 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 24 | 34 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 43 | 44 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 40 | 43 |
| 2024–25 | 108 | 42 | 45 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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