Surgery Waits

Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]

The median wait for parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of at this public hospital in the Fitzroy area of Victoria was 44 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
44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
54 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
11.1%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 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 27 days in 2016–17 to 44 days in 2024–25 — up 63% — while the national median rose from 30 days to 45 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, about 2 km away, at 20 days. Here, 11.1% 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
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]44 days11.1%54 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 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], compared with Victoria and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 44VIC 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 periodSt Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17272830
2017–18464238
2018–19233337
2019–20484841
2020–21272842
2021–22352434
2022–232074344
2023–24924043
2024–25444245

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

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