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Thyroid gland removal waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for thyroid gland removal in New South Wales public hospitals was 70 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 56 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

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

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10 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 56 days marks the national median.

Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy 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 Griffith Base Hospital 22 days not published 11 surgeries
2 Concord Repatriation Hospital 27 days 0.0% 91 surgeries
3 Northern Beaches Hospital 37 days not published 24 surgeries
4 Mount Druitt Hospital 38 days not published 14 surgeries
5 Ryde Hospital 42 days not published 29 surgeries
6 Wyong Hospital 49 days not published 10 surgeries
7 Hawkesbury Hospital 52 days not published 28 surgeries
7 Sutherland Hospital 52 days not published 23 surgeries
9 St George Hospital NSW 55 days 4.6% 109 surgeries
10 Liverpool Hospital 56 days 11.2% 188 surgeries
11 Dubbo Hospital 59 days not published 37 surgeries
11 Westmead Hospital 59 days 8.5% 117 surgeries
13 Wollongong Hospital 61 days not published 46 surgeries
14 St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] 62 days not published 38 surgeries
15 Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital 64 days 0.0% 62 surgeries
16 Prince of Wales Hospital 65 days 1.7% 58 surgeries
17 Tweed Valley Hospital 67 days not published 40 surgeries
18 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital 69 days not published 32 surgeries
19 Nepean Hospital 73 days 12.6% 103 surgeries
20 Campbelltown Hospital 78 days 4.5% 89 surgeries
20 Tamworth Hospital 78 days 6.7% 60 surgeries
22 Blacktown Hospital 82 days not published 45 surgeries
23 Orange Health Service 83 days not published 37 surgeries
24 South East Regional Hospital 84 days 0.0% 51 surgeries
25 Port Macquarie Base Hospital 86 days not published 40 surgeries
26 Gosford Hospital 87 days 1.9% 52 surgeries
27 Coffs Harbour Hospital 91 days not published 36 surgeries
28 Royal North Shore Hospital 97 days 4.1% 98 surgeries
29 Wagga Wagga Hospital 115 days not published 48 surgeries
30 Lismore Base Hospital 133 days not published 22 surgeries
31 John Hunter Hospital 137 days 22.5% 129 surgeries
32 Shoalhaven Hospital 239 days not published 15 surgeries
33 Maitland Hospital 464 days not published 17 surgeries
unranked Auburn Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Ballina District Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Bathurst Base Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Calvary Mater Newcastle not published not published not published
unranked Canterbury Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Grafton Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Manning Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal Prince Alfred Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Sydney Children's Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Children's Hospital at Westmead not published not published not published

Ranked by area in New South Wales: near Gosford · near Liverpool · near Penrith · near Randwick · near St Leonards · near Westmead.

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The median wait for thyroid gland removal in New South Wales public hospitals was 70 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Thyroid gland removal waiting times in New South Wales", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/thyroidectomy-hemi-thyroidectomy/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/thyroidectomy-hemi-thyroidectomy/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.