Surgery Waits

Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting time at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]

The median wait for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy at this public hospital in the Springvale area of Victoria was 103 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
103 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
88 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
3.4%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 84 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 78 days in 2016–17 to 103 days in 2024–25 — up 32% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], about 8 km away, at 55 days. Here, 3.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 3.4%.

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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
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]103 days3.4%88 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)46 days1.4%1646 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 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], compared with Victoria and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 103VIC 46Australia 56
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodMonash Medical Centre [Clayton] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17785452
2017–18815254
2018–19704850
2019–201514952
2020–21384253
2021–22333449
2022–23835663
2023–241495858
2024–251034656

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

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