Thyroid gland removal waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
Half of patients at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus waited 106 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 Perth area of Western 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
- 106 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 101 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 6.9%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 86 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 43 days in 2016–17 to 106 days in 2024–25 — up 147% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 5 km away, at 40 days. Here, 6.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 106 days | 6.9% | 101 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 3.4% | 531 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.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 5 km away: 40 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 13 km away: 67 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 15 km away: 56 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 26 km away: 32 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 39 km away: 98 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 158 km away: 52 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 43 | 27 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 36 | 36 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | 49 | 31 | 50 |
| 2019–20 | 35 | 30 | 52 |
| 2020–21 | 98 | 42 | 53 |
| 2021–22 | 71 | 60 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | 94 | 71 | 63 |
| 2023–24 | 79 | 41 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 106 | 53 | 56 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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