Surgery Waits

Tonsillectomy waiting time at Bunbury Hospital

The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the College Grove area of Western Australia was 306 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
306 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
137 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
35.0%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 82 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 317 days in 2011–12 to 306 days in 2024–25 — down 3% — 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 120 km away, at 120 days. Here, 35.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.

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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
Bunbury Hospital306 days35.0%137 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 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) by financial year at Bunbury Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Bunbury Hospital 306WA 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 periodBunbury Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–123177898
2012–131848898
2013–141749899
2014–15330118124
2015–16241111120
2016–1731912997
2017–18476147121
2018–19465211125
2019–20313194130
2020–21333295253
2021–22192229168
2022–23454287174
2023–24383160185
2024–25306183182

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

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