Surgery Waits

Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting time at North West Regional Hospital

The median wait for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy at this public hospital in the Park Grove area of Tasmania was 41 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
41 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
12 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 95 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 23 days in 2016–17 to 41 days in 2024–25 — up 78% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], about 319 km away, at 16 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
North West Regional Hospital41 daysnot published12 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)42 days1.8%111 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)46 days1.4%1646 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)56 days3.4%5721 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 56 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy by financial year at North West Regional Hospital, compared with Tasmania and Australiadays0193856752016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25North West Regional Hospital 41TAS 42Australia 56
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodNorth West Regional Hospital (days)TAS (days)Australia (days)
2016–1723not published52
2017–18not publishednot published54
2018–19not publishednot published50
2019–20not publishednot published52
2020–21not publishednot published53
2021–22not publishednot published49
2022–23not publishednot published63
2023–24not publishednot published58
2024–25414256

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

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