Surgery Waits

Parathyroidectomy waiting time at St George Hospital NSW

The median wait for parathyroidectomy at this public hospital in the Kogarah area of New South Wales was 111 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Parathyroidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
St George Hospital NSW111 daysnot published34 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)98 days7.5%451 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)82 days4.0%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for parathyroidectomy by financial year at St George Hospital NSW, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25St George Hospital NSW 111NSW 98Australia 82
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Median wait in days for Parathyroidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSt George Hospital NSW (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this periodnot reported for this period56
2017–18not reported for this periodnot reported for this period63
2018–19not reported for this periodnot reported for this period57
2019–20not reported for this periodnot reported for this period63
2020–21not reported for this periodnot reported for this period69
2021–22not published7073
2022–23not published8384
2023–24378487
2024–251119882

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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