Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting time at Lyell McEwin 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: 54 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 89 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.1%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 95 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 39 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
Lyell McEwin Hospital	54 days	1.1%	89 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	59 days	1.7%	296 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.

The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 19 km away85 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 21 km away52 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 32 km away41 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 554 km away130 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 560 km away151 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 635 km away19 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 635 km away17 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 643 km away21 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

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	Lyell McEwin Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	31	43	52
2017–18	52	54	54
2018–19	60	47	50
2019–20	80	58	52
2020–21	83	37	53
2021–22	81	41	49
2022–23	99	64	63
2023–24	68	45	58
2024–25	54	59	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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