Thyroid gland removal waiting time at Rockhampton Hospital
Half of patients at Rockhampton Hospital waited 37 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 Wandal area of Queensland.
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
- 37 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 23 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 95 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 60 days in 2016–17 to 37 days in 2024–25 — down 38% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mackay Base Hospital, about 284 km away, at 32 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockhampton Hospital | 37 days | not published | 23 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 52 days | 1.1% | 1183 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.
Bundaberg Base Hospital, QLD · about 250 km away: 70 days
Mackay Base Hospital, QLD · about 284 km away: 32 days
Hervey Bay Hospital, QLD · about 318 km away: 85 days
Nambour General Hospital, QLD · about 437 km away: 67 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 458 km away: 61 days
Caboolture Hospital, QLD · about 481 km away: 29 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 488 km away: 66 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Rockhampton Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Rockhampton Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 60 | 39 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 21 | 46 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | 26 | 44 | 50 |
| 2019–20 | 23 | 49 | 52 |
| 2020–21 | 40 | 41 | 53 |
| 2021–22 | 33 | 44 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | 126 | 49 | 63 |
| 2023–24 | 32 | 51 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 37 | 52 | 56 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for general surgery
These are not figures for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.
Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Rockhampton.
- Patients treated
- 200 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 62.0%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 605 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 253 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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