Parathyroid gland removal waiting time at St George Hospital NSW
Half of patients at St George Hospital NSW waited 111 days or less for parathyroid gland removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Parathyroidectomy". This public hospital is in the Kogarah area of New South Wales.
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
- 111 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 34 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 47 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 37 days in 2023–24 to 111 days in 2024–25 — up 200% — while the national median fell from 87 days to 82 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Prince of Wales Hospital, about 11 km away, at 97 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St George Hospital NSW | 111 days | not published | 34 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 98 days | 7.5% | 451 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 82 days | 4.0% | 1304 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 82 days marks the national median.
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 159 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 11 km away: 97 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 13 km away: 45 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 42 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 17 km away: 139 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 184 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 23 km away: 199 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 29 km away: 279 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St George Hospital NSW
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St George Hospital NSW (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 56 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 63 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 57 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 63 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 69 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 70 | 73 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 83 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 37 | 84 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 111 | 98 | 82 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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