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Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in public hospitals was 182 days in 2024–25, from 16182 surgeries. 17.0% of people waited more than 365 days. 114 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

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

Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank State or territory Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 South Australia 111 days 11.4% 1161 surgeries
2 Queensland 115 days 4.9% 3023 surgeries
3 Northern Territory 116 days 15.3% 137 surgeries
3 Victoria 116 days 15.1% 4811 surgeries
5 Tasmania 156 days 17.3% 358 surgeries
6 Western Australia 183 days 33.3% 1581 surgeries
7 Australian Capital Territory 302 days 46.0% 215 surgeries
8 New South Wales 322 days 21.2% 4896 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays0751502253002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Australia 182SA 111QLD 115NT 116
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Median wait in days for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)SA (days)QLD (days)NT (days)
2011–1298646173
2012–1398695675
2013–1499715667
2014–15124767380
2015–16120878058
2016–1797678849
2017–181218617523
2018–191258417373
2019–20130929054
2020–212539823272
2021–22168138102not published
2022–2317411811055
2023–2418514010477
2024–25182111115116

What is not here

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

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.