Thyroid gland removal waiting time at John Hunter Hospital
Half of patients at John Hunter Hospital waited 137 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 Rankin Park area of New South Wales.
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
- 137 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 129 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 22.5%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 92 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 64 days in 2016–17 to 137 days in 2024–25 — up 114% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wyong Hospital, about 43 km away, at 49 days. Here, 22.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter Hospital | 137 days | 22.5% | 129 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 70 days | 7.2% | 1836 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.
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 464 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 43 km away: 49 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 64 km away: 87 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 101 km away: 37 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 102 km away: 64 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 110 km away: 97 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 111 km away: 52 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 112 km away: 42 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- John Hunter Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | John Hunter Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 64 | 66 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 66 | 63 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | 85 | 63 | 50 |
| 2019–20 | 83 | 63 | 52 |
| 2020–21 | 85 | 73 | 53 |
| 2021–22 | 82 | 64 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | 86 | 77 | 63 |
| 2023–24 | 106 | 69 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 137 | 70 | 56 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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