Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital
The median wait for thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy at this public hospital in the St Leonards area of New South Wales was 97 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
- 97 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 98 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 4.1%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 80 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 75 days in 2016–17 to 97 days in 2024–25 — up 29% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], about 7 km away, at 62 days. Here, 4.1% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 3.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 97 days | 4.1% | 98 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 70 days | 7.2% | 1836 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
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal North Shore Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 75 | 66 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 78 | 63 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | 52 | 63 | 50 |
| 2019–20 | 55 | 63 | 52 |
| 2020–21 | 64 | 73 | 53 |
| 2021–22 | 62 | 64 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | 72 | 77 | 63 |
| 2023–24 | 66 | 69 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 97 | 70 | 56 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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