Surgery Waits

Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]

The median wait for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy at this public hospital in the North Melbourne area of Victoria was 57 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
57 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 45 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 57 days in 2024–25 — up 171% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 1 km away, at 46 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
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]57 daysnot published12 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 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy by financial year at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], compared with Victoria and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] 57VIC 46Australia 56
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Median wait in days for Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Children's Hospital [Parkville] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17215452
2017–18235254
2018–19194850
2019–20254952
2020–21not published4253
2021–22473449
2022–23not published5663
2023–241325858
2024–25574656

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

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