Surgery Waits

Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of waiting time at Dandenong Hospital

The median wait for parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of at this public hospital in the Dandenong area of Victoria was 45 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
45 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
6.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 54 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 22 days in 2016–17 to 45 days in 2024–25 — up 105% — while the national median rose from 30 days to 45 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Box Hill Hospital, about 20 km away, at 37 days. Here, 6.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.1%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Dandenong Hospital45 days6.0%50 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)42 days4.5%514 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)45 days4.1%1742 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 45 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 parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of by financial year at Dandenong Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Dandenong Hospital 45VIC 42Australia 45
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodDandenong Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17222830
2017–18274238
2018–19383337
2019–20624841
2020–21532842
2021–22182434
2022–23434344
2023–24954043
2024–25454245

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

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