Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of waiting time at Sunshine Hospital
The median wait for parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of at this public hospital in the Sunshine North area of Victoria was 112 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
- 112 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 54 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 51 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 108 days in 2023–24 to 112 days in 2024–25 — up 4% — while the national median rose from 43 days to 45 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Western Hospital [Footscray], about 7 km away, at 92 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Hospital | 112 days | not published | 12 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 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sunshine Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sunshine Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 28 | 30 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 42 | 38 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 33 | 37 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 48 | 41 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 28 | 42 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 24 | 34 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 43 | 44 |
| 2023–24 | 108 | 40 | 43 |
| 2024–25 | 112 | 42 | 45 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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