Parathyroid gland removal waiting time at Wollongong Hospital
Half of patients at Wollongong Hospital waited 55 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 Wollongong 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
- 55 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 92 days in 2022–23 to 55 days in 2024–25 — down 40% — while the national median fell from 84 days to 82 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 68 km away, at 42 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Hospital | 55 days | not published | 18 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.
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 39 km away: 104 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 48 km away: 159 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 56 km away: 111 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 184 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 97 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 68 km away: 42 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 68 km away: 45 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 70 km away: 199 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Wollongong Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wollongong 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 | 92 | 83 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 96 | 84 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 55 | 98 | 82 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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