Salivary gland removal waiting time at Tweed Valley Hospital
Half of patients at Tweed Valley Hospital waited 29 days or less for salivary gland removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of". 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
- 29 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 16 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 54 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 90 days in 2018–19 to 29 days in 2024–25 — down 68% — while the national median rose from 37 days to 45 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 91 km away, at 22 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of" 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 | 29 days | not published | 16 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 44 days | 5.6% | 446 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 52 days | 0.7% | 439 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 45 days | 4.1% | 1742 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 45 days marks the national median.
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 29 km away: 50 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 69 km away: 80 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 91 km away: 22 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 92 km away: 84 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 92 km away: 56 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 96 km away: 84 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 96 km away: 30 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 99 km away: 69 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 published | 31 | 30 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 37 | 38 |
| 2018–19 | 90 | 41 | 37 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 37 | 41 |
| 2020–21 | 25 | 47 | 42 |
| 2021–22 | 21 | 37 | 34 |
| 2022–23 | 62 | 57 | 44 |
| 2023–24 | 25 | 50 | 43 |
| 2024–25 | 29 | 44 | 45 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Tweed Valley Hospital · Salivary gland removal across Australia · Salivary gland removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales