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Salivary gland removal waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for salivary gland removal in New South Wales public hospitals was 44 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 45 days. 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.

36 public hospitals in New South Wales reported salivary gland removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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20 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 45 days marks the national median.

Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Royal North Shore Hospital 16 days not published 31 surgeries
2 Auburn Hospital 21 days not published 10 surgeries
2 St George Hospital NSW 21 days not published 23 surgeries
4 Nepean Hospital 25 days not published 28 surgeries
4 Orange Health Service 25 days not published 16 surgeries
6 John Hunter Hospital 27 days not published 21 surgeries
7 Concord Repatriation Hospital 29 days not published 11 surgeries
7 Tweed Valley Hospital 29 days not published 16 surgeries
9 Wollongong Hospital 34 days not published 43 surgeries
10 St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] 44 days not published 17 surgeries
11 Westmead Hospital 47 days not published 44 surgeries
12 Prince of Wales Hospital 56 days not published 23 surgeries
13 Liverpool Hospital 64 days not published 44 surgeries
14 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital 66 days not published 11 surgeries
15 Gosford Hospital 81 days not published 27 surgeries
16 Dubbo Hospital 118 days not published 11 surgeries
unranked Belmont Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Blacktown Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Campbelltown Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Canterbury Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Grafton Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Griffith Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Lismore Base Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Maitland Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Mount Druitt Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mudgee Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Northern Beaches Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Port Macquarie Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal Prince Alfred Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Shoalhaven Hospital not published not published not published
unranked South East Regional Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Sutherland Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Tamworth Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked The Children's Hospital at Westmead not published not published not published
unranked Wagga Wagga Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries

Ranked by area in New South Wales: near Liverpool · near Randwick · near Westmead.

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The median wait for salivary gland removal in New South Wales public hospitals was 44 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Salivary gland removal waiting times in New South Wales", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/parotidectomy-submandibular-gland-excision-of/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/parotidectomy-submandibular-gland-excision-of/nsw/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.