Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of 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: 44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 54 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 11.1%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 54 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 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 Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]	44 days	11.1%	54 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

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 45 days marks the national median.

Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 2 km away20 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 2 km away52 days
The AlfredVIC · about 4 km away26 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 8 km away92 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 8 km away177 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 9 km away28 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 13 km away37 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 15 km away69 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 Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	27	28	30
2017–18	46	42	38
2018–19	23	33	37
2019–20	48	48	41
2020–21	27	28	42
2021–22	35	24	34
2022–23	207	43	44
2023–24	92	40	43
2024–25	44	42	45

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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