Surgery Waits

Thyroid gland removal waiting times in South Australia

The median wait for thyroid gland removal in South Australia public hospitals was 59 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.

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

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3 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 South Australia 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 Flinders Medical Centre 41 days 1.4% 73 surgeries
2 Royal Adelaide Hospital 52 days not published 11 surgeries
3 Lyell McEwin Hospital 54 days 1.1% 89 surgeries
4 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 85 days 2.6% 117 surgeries
unranked Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Naracoorte Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Women's and Children's Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in South Australia: near the Adelaide CBD.

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The median wait for thyroid gland removal in South Australia public hospitals was 59 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/thyroidectomy-hemi-thyroidectomy/sa/), 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 South Australia.