Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting time at Nepean 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: 237 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 286 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 3.8%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 65 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
Nepean Hospital	237 days	3.8%	286 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.

Hawkesbury HospitalNSW · about 19 km away320 days
Westmead HospitalNSW · about 26 km away249 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 26 km away308 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 27 km away309 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 32 km away320 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 34 km away368 days
Ryde HospitalNSW · about 35 km away318 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 36 km away231 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	Nepean Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	364	221	98
2012–13	351	258	98
2013–14	351	233	99
2014–15	326	260	124
2015–16	342	253	120
2016–17	335	265	97
2017–18	355	293	121
2018–19	313	303	125
2019–20	267	287	130
2020–21	289	326	253
2021–22	275	303	168
2022–23	314	306	174
2023–24	263	309	185
2024–25	237	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.

All surgery at Nepean Hospital · Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) across Australia · Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in New South Wales