Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting time at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

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: 25 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 69 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 8 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
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	25 days	0.0%	69 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.

Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 0 km away46 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 1 km away57 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 2 km away39 days
The AlfredVIC · about 6 km away38 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 6 km away109 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 10 km away42 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 14 km away22 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 16 km away55 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	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	31	54	52
2017–18	22	52	54
2018–19	23	48	50
2019–20	15	49	52
2020–21	20	42	53
2021–22	27	34	49
2022–23	26	56	63
2023–24	24	58	58
2024–25	25	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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