Salivary gland removal waiting time at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Half of patients at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre waited 20 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 Carlton 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
- 20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 43 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 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 27 days in 2017–18 to 20 days in 2024–25 — down 26% — while the national median rose from 38 days to 45 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | 20 days | not published | 43 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.
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 0 km away: 52 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 2 km away: 44 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 6 km away: 26 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 6 km away: 92 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 9 km away: 177 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 10 km away: 28 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 112 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 14 km away: 37 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 28 | 30 |
| 2017–18 | 27 | 42 | 38 |
| 2018–19 | 19 | 33 | 37 |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 48 | 41 |
| 2020–21 | 14 | 28 | 42 |
| 2021–22 | 21 | 24 | 34 |
| 2022–23 | 17 | 43 | 44 |
| 2023–24 | 19 | 40 | 43 |
| 2024–25 | 20 | 42 | 45 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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