Thyroid gland removal waiting time at The Bendigo Hospital
Half of patients at The Bendigo Hospital waited 130 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 Bendigo 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
- 130 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 50 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 90 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 62 days in 2016–17 to 130 days in 2024–25 — up 110% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], about 109 km away, at 17 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 3.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bendigo Hospital | 130 days | 0.0% | 50 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.
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 98 km away: 151 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 109 km away: 17 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 120 km away: 63 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 128 km away: 109 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 130 km away: 57 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 131 km away: 46 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 131 km away: 25 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 131 km away: 42 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Bendigo Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Bendigo Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 62 | 54 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 97 | 52 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | 56 | 48 | 50 |
| 2019–20 | 50 | 49 | 52 |
| 2020–21 | 60 | 42 | 53 |
| 2021–22 | 64 | 34 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | 94 | 56 | 63 |
| 2023–24 | 126 | 58 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 130 | 46 | 56 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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