Salivary gland removal waiting time at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]
Half of patients at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] waited 122 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 Springvale 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
- 122 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 31 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 53 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 84 days in 2023–24 to 122 days in 2024–25 — up 45% — while the national median rose from 43 days to 45 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Dandenong Hospital, about 8 km away, at 45 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 122 days | not published | 31 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 8 km away: 45 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 8 km away: 69 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 37 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 18 km away: 26 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 21 km away: 28 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 21 km away: 44 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 21 km away: 177 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 23 km away: 20 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] (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 published | 24 | 34 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 43 | 44 |
| 2023–24 | 84 | 40 | 43 |
| 2024–25 | 122 | 42 | 45 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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