Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting time at The Canberra 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: 392 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 191 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 50.8%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 110 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
The Canberra Hospital	392 days	50.8%	191 surgeries
Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals)	302 days	46.0%	215 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	322 days	21.2%	4896 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.

North Canberra HospitalACT · about 10 km away136 days
Wagga Wagga HospitalNSW · about 160 km away364 days
Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 172 km away235 days
Wollongong HospitalNSW · about 192 km away336 days
Campbelltown HospitalNSW · about 210 km away337 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 219 km away145 days
Bathurst Base HospitalNSW · about 220 km away298 days
Orange Health ServiceNSW · about 226 km away336 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	The Canberra Hospital (days)	ACT (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	177	98
2012–13	not reported for this period	170	98
2013–14	not reported for this period	342	99
2014–15	not reported for this period	251	124
2015–16	not reported for this period	not reported for this period	120
2016–17	229	233	97
2017–18	328	326	121
2018–19	48	50	125
2019–20	431	313	130
2020–21	485	394	253
2021–22	343	329	168
2022–23	194	187	174
2023–24	158	156	185
2024–25	392	302	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 The Canberra Hospital · Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) across Australia · Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in Australian Capital Territory