Surgery Waits

Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting time at Hawkesbury Hospital

The median wait for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy at this public hospital in the Windsor area of New South Wales was 52 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
52 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
28 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 95 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 35 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 40 days in 2017–18 to 52 days in 2024–25 — up 30% — while the national median rose from 54 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mount Druitt Hospital, about 17 km away, at 38 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Hawkesbury Hospital52 daysnot published28 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)70 days7.2%1836 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)56 days3.4%5721 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

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

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy by financial year at Hawkesbury Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Hawkesbury Hospital 52NSW 70Australia 56
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Median wait in days for Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodHawkesbury Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published6652
2017–18406354
2018–19196350
2019–20556352
2020–21307353
2021–22266449
2022–231427763
2023–24686958
2024–25527056

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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