Surgery Waits

Salivary gland removal waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for salivary gland removal in Victoria public hospitals was 42 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.

24 public hospitals in Victoria reported salivary gland removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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9 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 Victoria 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 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 20 days not published 43 surgeries
2 University Hospital Geelong 24 days not published 30 surgeries
3 The Alfred 26 days not published 24 surgeries
4 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 28 days 4.0% 50 surgeries
5 Box Hill Hospital 37 days not published 33 surgeries
6 Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] 41 days not published 17 surgeries
7 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 44 days 11.1% 54 surgeries
8 Dandenong Hospital 45 days 6.0% 50 surgeries
9 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 52 days not published 36 surgeries
10 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 69 days 1.8% 57 surgeries
11 Western Hospital [Footscray] 92 days not published 15 surgeries
12 Frankston Hospital 108 days not published 13 surgeries
13 Sunshine Hospital 112 days not published 12 surgeries
14 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 122 days not published 31 surgeries
15 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 177 days not published 12 surgeries
unranked Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Casey Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] not published not published not published
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published not published
unranked Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] not published not published not published
unranked St Vincent's On the Park not published not published not published
unranked The Bendigo Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked The Northern Hospital [Epping] not published not published not published
unranked The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Clayton · near Heidelberg · near St Albans.

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The median wait for salivary gland removal in Victoria public hospitals was 42 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/parotidectomy-submandibular-gland-excision-of/vic/), 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 Victoria.