Tonsillectomy waiting time at Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]
The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the Shepparton area of Victoria was 110 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
- 110 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 87 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 6.9%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 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 51 days in 2011–12 to 110 days in 2024–25 — up 116% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Northern Hospital [Epping], about 148 km away, at 95 days. Here, 6.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] | 110 days | 6.9% | 87 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 116 days | 15.1% | 4811 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 17.0% | 16182 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 51 | 98 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 79 | 105 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 51 | 104 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 132 | 106 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 162 | 87 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 136 | 69 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 190 | 81 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 166 | 77 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 106 | 80 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 106 | 167 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 100 | 110 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 79 | 134 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 80 | 159 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 110 | 116 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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