Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 151 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 64 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 12.5%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 93 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	151 days	12.5%	64 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	46 days	1.4%	1646 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	56 days	3.4%	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.

University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away19 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 83 km away21 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 95 km away109 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 98 km away130 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 101 km away57 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 101 km away25 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 101 km away46 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 103 km away39 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	57	54	52
2017–18	57	52	54
2018–19	92	48	50
2019–20	29	49	52
2020–21	42	42	53
2021–22	69	34	49
2022–23	74	56	63
2023–24	77	58	58
2024–25	151	46	56

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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