Surgery Waits

Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of waiting time at St George Hospital NSW

The median wait for parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of at this public hospital in the Kogarah area of New South Wales was 21 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
21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
23 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 54 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 63 days in 2016–17 to 21 days in 2024–25 — down 67% — while the national median rose from 30 days to 45 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal North Shore Hospital, about 17 km away, at 16 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
St George Hospital NSW21 daysnot published23 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)44 days5.6%446 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)45 days4.1%1742 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 45 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 parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of by financial year at St George Hospital NSW, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25St George Hospital NSW 21NSW 44Australia 45
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Median wait in days for Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSt George Hospital NSW (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17633130
2017–18253738
2018–191084137
2019–20393741
2020–21504742
2021–22223734
2022–23675744
2023–24705043
2024–25214445

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

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