Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting time at Gold Coast University 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: 266 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 234 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.3%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 71 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
Gold Coast University Hospital	266 days	1.3%	234 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	322 days	21.2%	4896 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	115 days	4.9%	3023 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.

Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 29 km away109 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 40 km away278 days
Murwillumbah District HospitalNSW · about 41 km away99 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 61 km away56 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 63 km away293 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 63 km away80 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 67 km away339 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 67 km away123 days

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

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	Gold Coast University Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	28	61	98
2012–13	33	56	98
2013–14	50	56	99
2014–15	68	73	124
2015–16	68	80	120
2016–17	76	88	97
2017–18	90	175	121
2018–19	85	173	125
2019–20	85	90	130
2020–21	82	232	253
2021–22	63	102	168
2022–23	61	110	174
2023–24	193	104	185
2024–25	266	115	182

What is not here

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

All surgery at Gold Coast University Hospital · Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) across Australia · Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in Queensland