Parathyroid gland removal waiting time at The Canberra Hospital
Half of patients at The Canberra Hospital waited 97 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 Garran area of Australian Capital Territory.
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
- 97 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 25 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 2016–17 to 97 days in 2024–25 — up 162% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 82 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wollongong Hospital, about 192 km away, at 55 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Parathyroidectomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Canberra Hospital | 97 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 12 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.
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 160 km away: 312 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 192 km away: 55 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 210 km away: 104 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 230 km away: 86 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 231 km away: 184 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 235 km away: 159 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 241 km away: 111 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 241 km away: 279 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- The Canberra Hospital
- ACT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Canberra Hospital (days) | ACT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 37 | not published | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 67 | not published | 63 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 162 | not published | 63 |
| 2020–21 | 127 | not published | 69 |
| 2021–22 | 142 | not published | 73 |
| 2022–23 | 189 | not published | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 163 | not published | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 97 | not published | 82 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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