Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting time at Rockingham General Hospital
The median wait for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy at this public hospital in the Cooloongup area of Western Australia was 98 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
- 98 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 21 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 82 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 61 days in 2018–19 to 98 days in 2024–25 — up 61% — while the national median rose from 50 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fiona Stanley Hospital, about 26 km away, at 67 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockingham General Hospital | 98 days | not published | 21 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 3.4% | 531 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 56 days | 3.4% | 5721 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Rockingham General Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Rockingham General Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 27 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 36 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | 61 | 31 | 50 |
| 2019–20 | 67 | 30 | 52 |
| 2020–21 | 77 | 42 | 53 |
| 2021–22 | 122 | 60 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | 97 | 71 | 63 |
| 2023–24 | 134 | 41 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 98 | 53 | 56 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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