Surgery Waits

Tonsillectomy waiting time at Frankston Hospital

The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the Frankston area of Victoria was 132 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
132 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
192 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
5.2%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 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 161 days in 2011–12 to 132 days in 2024–25 — down 18% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Frankston Public Surgical Centre, about 1 km away, at 94 days. Here, 5.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

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
Frankston Hospital132 days5.2%192 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)116 days15.1%4811 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 Frankston Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0751502253002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Frankston Hospital 132VIC 116Australia 182
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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 periodFrankston Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–121619898
2012–1314810598
2013–149910499
2014–1595106124
2015–1617087120
2016–171706997
2017–1813381121
2018–199177125
2019–207280130
2020–21138167253
2021–22215110168
2022–23152134174
2023–2497159185
2024–25132116182

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

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