Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting time at Frankston 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: 132 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 192 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 5.2%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 38 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
Frankston Hospital	132 days	5.2%	192 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	116 days	15.1%	4811 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.

Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 1 km away94 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 22 km away62 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 25 km away64 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 26 km away52 days
Angliss HospitalVIC · about 32 km away194 days
Blackburn Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 35 km away133 days
The AlfredVIC · about 36 km away67 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 37 km away230 days

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

How the wait has changed

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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	Frankston Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	161	98	98
2012–13	148	105	98
2013–14	99	104	99
2014–15	95	106	124
2015–16	170	87	120
2016–17	170	69	97
2017–18	133	81	121
2018–19	91	77	125
2019–20	72	80	130
2020–21	138	167	253
2021–22	215	110	168
2022–23	152	134	174
2023–24	97	159	185
2024–25	132	116	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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