Salivary gland removal waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Adelaide Hospital waited 47 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 Adelaide area of South Australia.
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
- 47 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 55 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 3.6%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 54 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 30 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 21 days in 2016–17 to 47 days in 2024–25 — up 124% — while the national median rose from 30 days to 45 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 629 km away, at 24 days. Here, 3.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.1%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 47 days | 3.6% | 55 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 99 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.
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 11 km away: 69 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 629 km away: 24 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 641 km away: 112 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 648 km away: 92 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 654 km away: 52 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 654 km away: 20 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 656 km away: 44 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 658 km away: 26 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Adelaide Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 21 | not published | 30 |
| 2017–18 | 28 | not published | 38 |
| 2018–19 | 37 | not published | 37 |
| 2019–20 | 31 | not published | 41 |
| 2020–21 | 17 | not published | 42 |
| 2021–22 | 22 | not published | 34 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | not published | 44 |
| 2023–24 | 31 | not published | 43 |
| 2024–25 | 47 | not published | 45 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Adelaide Hospital · Salivary gland removal across Australia · Salivary gland removal in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia