Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of waiting time at Wollongong Hospital

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: 34 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 43 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 21 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
Wollongong Hospital	34 days	not published	43 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	44 days	5.6%	446 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.

St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 56 km away21 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 56 km away66 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 56 km away64 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 64 km away21 days
Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 65 km away56 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 68 km away29 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]NSW · about 68 km away44 days
Westmead HospitalNSW · about 70 km away47 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	Wollongong Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	24	31	30
2017–18	77	37	38
2018–19	31	41	37
2019–20	71	37	41
2020–21	90	47	42
2021–22	30	37	34
2022–23	131	57	44
2023–24	43	50	43
2024–25	34	44	45

What is not here

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

All surgery at Wollongong Hospital · Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of across Australia · Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of in New South Wales