Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of, nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of in public hospitals was 45 days in 2024–25, from 1742 surgeries. 4.1% of people waited more than 365 days. 54 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

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

Victoria42 days
New South Wales44 days
Queensland52 days
Western Australia58 days
Australian Capital Territorynot published
Northern Territorynot published
South Australianot published
Tasmanianot published

Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Victoria	42 days	4.5%	514 surgeries
2	New South Wales	44 days	5.6%	446 surgeries
3	Queensland	52 days	0.7%	439 surgeries
4	Western Australia	58 days	6.8%	176 surgeries
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	16 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	15 surgeries
unranked	South Australia	not published	not published	99 surgeries
unranked	Tasmania	not published	not published	37 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
NSW
QLD

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	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	NSW (days)	QLD (days)
2016–17	30	28	31	29
2017–18	38	42	37	30
2018–19	37	33	41	38
2019–20	41	48	37	35
2020–21	42	28	47	47
2021–22	34	24	37	40
2022–23	44	43	57	37
2023–24	43	40	50	40
2024–25	45	42	44	52

What is not here

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

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.