Surgery Waits

Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting time at The Alfred

The median wait for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy at this public hospital in the South Yarra area of Victoria was 38 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
38 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
125 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%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 95 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 32 days in 2016–17 to 38 days in 2024–25 — up 19% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, about 6 km away, at 25 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 3.4%.

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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
The Alfred38 days0.0%125 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 The Alfred, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0193856752016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Alfred 38VIC 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 periodThe Alfred (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17325452
2017–18335254
2018–19464850
2019–20434952
2020–21504253
2021–22493449
2022–23715663
2023–24585858
2024–25384656

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

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