Parathyroid gland removal waiting time at Tweed Valley Hospital
Half of patients at Tweed Valley Hospital waited 31 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 Tweed Heads 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
- 31 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 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 88 days in 2022–23 to 31 days in 2024–25 — down 65% — while the national median fell from 84 days to 82 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweed Valley Hospital | 31 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 98 days | 7.5% | 451 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 70 days | 1.5% | 269 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.
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 29 km away: 70 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 69 km away: 89 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 91 km away: 126 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 92 km away: 55 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 96 km away: 40 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 96 km away: 75 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 165 km away: 98 days
Nambour General Hospital, QLD · about 183 km away: 163 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
- Tweed Valley Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Tweed Valley Hospital (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 | 88 | 83 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 84 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 31 | 98 | 82 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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