Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital
The median wait for parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of at this public hospital in the Adelaide area of South Australia was 47 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
- 47 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 55 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 3.6%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 30 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 21 days in 2016–17 to 47 days in 2024–25 — up 124% — while the national median rose from 30 days to 45 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 629 km away, at 24 days. Here, 3.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.1%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 47 days | 3.6% | 55 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 99 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 42 days | 4.5% | 514 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 45 days | 4.1% | 1742 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 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
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Adelaide Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 21 | not published | 30 |
| 2017–18 | 28 | not published | 38 |
| 2018–19 | 37 | not published | 37 |
| 2019–20 | 31 | not published | 41 |
| 2020–21 | 17 | not published | 42 |
| 2021–22 | 22 | not published | 34 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | not published | 44 |
| 2023–24 | 31 | not published | 43 |
| 2024–25 | 47 | not published | 45 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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