Surgery Waits

Tonsillectomy waiting time at Albany Hospital

The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the Spencer Park area of Western Australia was 145 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
145 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
45 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 44 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 87 days in 2011–12 to 145 days in 2024–25 — up 67% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Rockingham General Hospital, about 360 km away, at 120 days.

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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
Albany Hospital145 daysnot published45 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)183 days33.3%1581 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)182 days17.0%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) by financial year at Albany Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays0751502253002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Albany Hospital 145WA 183Australia 182
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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 periodAlbany Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12877898
2012–13828898
2013–14769899
2014–1589118124
2015–1689111120
2016–178912997
2017–18174147121
2018–1993211125
2019–20233194130
2020–21128295253
2021–22101229168
2022–23274287174
2023–24176160185
2024–25145183182

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Albany Hospital · Tonsillectomy across Australia · Tonsillectomy in Western Australia