Surgery Waits

Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting time at Maitland Hospital

The median wait for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy at this public hospital in the Telarah area of New South Wales was 464 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
464 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
17 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 95 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 73 days in 2016–17 to 464 days in 2024–25 — up 536% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is John Hunter Hospital, about 26 km away, at 137 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
Maitland Hospital464 daysnot published17 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 Maitland Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Maitland Hospital 464NSW 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 periodMaitland Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17736652
2017–18986354
2018–193276350
2019–201836352
2020–211067353
2021–223506449
2022–234017763
2023–242106958
2024–254647056

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

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