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Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of waiting times in Australia

How long public patients wait for parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of, at each public hospital and in each state — official AIHW figures, checked daily.

National median wait (public)45 days2024-07-01 – 2025-06-30

Public hospitals reporting54with a published median

As a public patientFreeunder Medicare

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Median wait by state and territory

State / territory	Median wait
Vic	42 days
NSW	44 days
Qld	52 days
WA	58 days

Shortest waits at public hospitals

The 15 public hospitals with the shortest median wait for parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of, out of 54 reporting.

Hospital	State	Local health network	Median wait	Operations in the year
Royal North Shore Hospital	NSW	Northern Sydney	16 days	31
Royal Darwin Hospital	NT	NT Regional Health Services (NTRHS)	18 days	15
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	Vic	Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute (Vic)	20 days	43
St George Hospital NSW	NSW	South Eastern Sydney	21 days	23
Auburn Hospital	NSW	Western Sydney	21 days	10
Princess Alexandra Hospital	Qld	Metro South (Qld)	22 days	64
Toowoomba Hospital	Qld	Darling Downs	23 days	23
University Hospital Geelong	Vic	Barwon Health	24 days	30
Nepean Hospital	NSW	Nepean Blue Mountains	25 days	28
Orange Health Service	NSW	Western NSW	25 days	16
The Alfred	Vic	Alfred Health (Vic)	26 days	24
Royal Hobart Hospital	Tas	Tasmanian Health Service	26 days	21
The Canberra Hospital	ACT	Australian Capital Territory	26 days	16
John Hunter Hospital	NSW	Hunter New England	27 days	21
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	Vic	Austin Health (Vic)	28 days	50

Common questions

How long is the public waiting list for parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of in Australia?

Half of patients admitted from public hospital waiting lists for parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of waited 45 days or less (national median, 2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30). By state it ranged from 42 days (Vic) to 58 days (WA).

Can I avoid the wait?

As a private patient you choose your surgeon and usually wait less, but you pay fees, partly covered by Medicare and any private health insurance. Private hospitals don't publish waiting times.

Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) — MyHospitals, elective surgery waiting times, 2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30. All data sources.

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