Surgery Waits

Parathyroidectomy waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]

The median wait for parathyroidectomy at this public hospital in the Eaglemont area of Victoria was 97 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
97 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
26 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 47 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 25 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 95 days in 2016–17 to 97 days in 2024–25 — up 2% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 82 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 9 km away, at 64 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Parathyroidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]97 daysnot published26 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)75 days1.4%355 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)82 days4.0%1304 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 82 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for parathyroidectomy by financial year at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], compared with Victoria and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 97VIC 75Australia 82
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Parathyroidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17955656
2017–18706463
2018–19536057
2019–20335863
2020–21377069
2021–22228073
2022–2315010484
2023–2420210687
2024–25977582

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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