Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting time at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 368 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 204 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 51.5%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 114 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 108 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	368 days	51.5%	204 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	322 days	21.2%	4896 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	182 days	17.0%	16182 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 182 days marks the national median.

Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 7 km away347 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 8 km away320 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 8 km away309 days
St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 11 km away261 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 13 km away231 days
Sutherland HospitalNSW · about 14 km away348 days
Westmead HospitalNSW · about 15 km away249 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 15 km away308 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	341	221	98
2012–13	332	258	98
2013–14	309	233	99
2014–15	274	260	124
2015–16	225	253	120
2016–17	195	265	97
2017–18	181	293	121
2018–19	217	303	125
2019–20	267	287	130
2020–21	335	326	253
2021–22	376	303	168
2022–23	351	306	174
2023–24	276	309	185
2024–25	368	322	182

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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