Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting times in Victoria

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

26 public hospitals in Victoria reported Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 46 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.

Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]16 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]17 days
University Hospital Geelong19 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital21 days
Box Hill Hospital22 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre25 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]28 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta32 days
The Alfred38 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]39 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]42 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]46 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]55 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]57 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]59 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]63 days
Casey Hospital93 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]102 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]103 days
Frankston Hospital105 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]109 days
The Bendigo Hospital130 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]151 days
Dandenong Hospitalnot published
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]not published
Sunshine Hospitalnot published

Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy in Victoria 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	Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]	16 days	0.0%	71 surgeries
2	Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]	17 days	not published	26 surgeries
3	University Hospital Geelong	19 days	0.0%	95 surgeries
4	Werribee Mercy Hospital	21 days	not published	13 surgeries
5	Box Hill Hospital	22 days	0.0%	59 surgeries
6	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	25 days	0.0%	69 surgeries
7	Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]	28 days	0.0%	103 surgeries
8	Northeast Health Wangaratta	32 days	not published	14 surgeries
9	The Alfred	38 days	0.0%	125 surgeries
10	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]	39 days	0.0%	116 surgeries
11	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	42 days	2.3%	131 surgeries
12	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	46 days	0.0%	98 surgeries
13	Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]	55 days	not published	26 surgeries
14	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]	57 days	not published	12 surgeries
15	West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]	59 days	not published	30 surgeries
16	The Northern Hospital [Epping]	63 days	0.7%	146 surgeries
17	Casey Hospital	93 days	0.0%	66 surgeries
18	Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]	102 days	not published	13 surgeries
19	Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]	103 days	3.4%	88 surgeries
20	Frankston Hospital	105 days	0.0%	87 surgeries
21	Western Hospital [Footscray]	109 days	1.6%	128 surgeries
22	The Bendigo Hospital	130 days	0.0%	50 surgeries
23	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	151 days	12.5%	64 surgeries
unranked	Dandenong Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Sunshine Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries

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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