Salivary gland removal waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for salivary gland removal in Australian public hospitals was 45 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 16 days at Royal North Shore Hospital to 177 days at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]. The source publishes this surgery as "Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Across Australia, the median wait for salivary gland removal in public hospitals was 45 days in 2024–25, from 1742 surgeries. 4.1% of people waited more than 365 days. 54 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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.
State by state
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 45 days marks the national median.
Victoria: 42 days
New South Wales: 44 days
Queensland: 52 days
Western Australia: 58 days
Australian Capital Territory: not published
Northern Territory: not published
South Australia: not published
Tasmania: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 42 days | 4.5% | 514 surgeries |
| 2 | New South Wales | 44 days | 5.6% | 446 surgeries |
| 3 | Queensland | 52 days | 0.7% | 439 surgeries |
| 4 | Western Australia | 58 days | 6.8% | 176 surgeries |
| unranked | Australian Capital Territory | not published | not published | 16 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 15 surgeries |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 99 surgeries |
| unranked | Tasmania | not published | not published | 37 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near Clayton · near Heidelberg · near Herston · near Liverpool · near Randwick · near St Albans · and 2 more areas on the state pages.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- NSW
- QLD
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | NSW (days) | QLD (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 30 | 28 | 31 | 29 |
| 2017–18 | 38 | 42 | 37 | 30 |
| 2018–19 | 37 | 33 | 41 | 38 |
| 2019–20 | 41 | 48 | 37 | 35 |
| 2020–21 | 42 | 28 | 47 | 47 |
| 2021–22 | 34 | 24 | 37 | 40 |
| 2022–23 | 44 | 43 | 57 | 37 |
| 2023–24 | 43 | 40 | 50 | 40 |
| 2024–25 | 45 | 42 | 44 | 52 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for salivary gland removal in a public hospital?
The national median was 45 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 42 days in Victoria to 58 days in Western Australia.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for salivary gland removal?
Of the 54 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Royal North Shore Hospital reported the shortest median, 16 days, and Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] the longest, 177 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. How to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
4.1% of people who had salivary gland removal in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
Cite this page
The national median wait for salivary gland removal in Australian public hospitals was 45 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Salivary gland removal waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/parotidectomy-submandibular-gland-excision-of/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/parotidectomy-submandibular-gland-excision-of/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/parotidectomy-submandibular-gland-excision-of.svg" width="720" height="284" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Salivary gland removal by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.