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Thyroid gland removal waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for thyroid gland removal in Victoria public hospitals was 46 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.

26 public hospitals in Victoria 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 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 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 16 days 0.0% 71 surgeries
2 Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] 17 days not published 26 surgeries
3 University Hospital Geelong 19 days 0.0% 95 surgeries
4 Werribee Mercy Hospital 21 days not published 13 surgeries
5 Box Hill Hospital 22 days 0.0% 59 surgeries
6 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 25 days 0.0% 69 surgeries
7 Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] 28 days 0.0% 103 surgeries
8 Northeast Health Wangaratta 32 days not published 14 surgeries
9 The Alfred 38 days 0.0% 125 surgeries
10 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 39 days 0.0% 116 surgeries
11 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 42 days 2.3% 131 surgeries
12 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 46 days 0.0% 98 surgeries
13 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 55 days not published 26 surgeries
14 Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] 57 days not published 12 surgeries
15 West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] 59 days not published 30 surgeries
16 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 63 days 0.7% 146 surgeries
17 Casey Hospital 93 days 0.0% 66 surgeries
18 Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] 102 days not published 13 surgeries
19 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 103 days 3.4% 88 surgeries
20 Frankston Hospital 105 days 0.0% 87 surgeries
21 Western Hospital [Footscray] 109 days 1.6% 128 surgeries
22 The Bendigo Hospital 130 days 0.0% 50 surgeries
23 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 151 days 12.5% 64 surgeries
unranked Dandenong Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] not published not published not published
unranked Sunshine Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Box Hill · near Clayton.

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The median wait for thyroid gland removal in Victoria public hospitals was 46 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

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