Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting times in South Australia

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

7 public hospitals in South Australia reported Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 59 days; the national median was 56 days.

3 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

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

Flinders Medical Centre41 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital52 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital54 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital85 days
Millicent and District Hospital and Health Servicenot published
Naracoorte Health Servicenot published
Women's and Children's Hospitalnot published

Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy in South Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Flinders Medical Centre	41 days	1.4%	73 surgeries
2	Royal Adelaide Hospital	52 days	not published	11 surgeries
3	Lyell McEwin Hospital	54 days	1.1%	89 surgeries
4	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital	85 days	2.6%	117 surgeries
unranked	Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Naracoorte Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Women's and Children's Hospital	not published	not published	not published

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state.