Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy, 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 Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy in public hospitals was 56 days in 2024–25, from 5721 surgeries. 3.4% of people waited more than 365 days. 95 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 56 days marks the national median.

Tasmania42 days
Victoria46 days
Queensland52 days
Western Australia53 days
South Australia59 days
New South Wales70 days
Australian Capital Territorynot published
Northern Territorynot published

Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy 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	Tasmania	42 days	1.8%	111 surgeries
2	Victoria	46 days	1.4%	1646 surgeries
3	Queensland	52 days	1.1%	1183 surgeries
4	Western Australia	53 days	3.4%	531 surgeries
5	South Australia	59 days	1.7%	296 surgeries
6	New South Wales	70 days	7.2%	1836 surgeries
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	87 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	31 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
TAS
VIC
QLD

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	Australia (days)	TAS (days)	VIC (days)	QLD (days)
2016–17	52	not published	54	39
2017–18	54	not published	52	46
2018–19	50	not published	48	44
2019–20	52	not published	49	49
2020–21	53	not published	42	41
2021–22	49	not published	34	44
2022–23	63	not published	56	49
2023–24	58	not published	58	51
2024–25	56	42	46	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.