Thyroid gland removal waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
Half of patients at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] waited 39 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 Fitzroy area of Victoria.
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
- 39 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 116 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 58 days in 2016–17 to 39 days in 2024–25 — down 33% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, about 2 km away, at 25 days. Here, 0.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 39 days | 0.0% | 116 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 46 days | 1.4% | 1646 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.
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 2 km away: 25 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 2 km away: 46 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 2 km away: 57 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 4 km away: 38 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 8 km away: 109 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 9 km away: 42 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 22 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 15 km away: 55 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 58 | 54 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 60 | 52 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | 57 | 48 | 50 |
| 2019–20 | 44 | 49 | 52 |
| 2020–21 | 78 | 42 | 53 |
| 2021–22 | 42 | 34 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | 65 | 56 | 63 |
| 2023–24 | 66 | 58 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 39 | 46 | 56 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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