Surgery Waits

Tonsillectomy waiting time at Belmont Hospital

The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the Valentine area of New South Wales was 347 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
347 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
18 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 98 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 162 days in 2011–12 to 347 days in 2024–25 — up 114% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is John Hunter Hospital, about 12 km away, at 168 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
Belmont Hospital347 daysnot published18 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)322 days21.2%4896 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 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) by financial year at Belmont Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Belmont Hospital 347NSW 322Australia 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 periodBelmont Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–1216222198
2012–1328225898
2013–1428723399
2014–15118260124
2015–16130253120
2016–175126597
2017–1897293121
2018–19240303125
2019–20191287130
2020–21189326253
2021–22175303168
2022–2372306174
2023–2471309185
2024–25347322182

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

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