Adenoidectomy waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
The median wait for adenoidectomy at this public hospital in the Bellfield area of Victoria was 329 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
- 329 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 55 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 36.4%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 70 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 61 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 316 days in 2023–24 to 329 days in 2024–25 — up 4% — while the national median fell from 148 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 1 km away, at 278 days. Here, 36.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 15.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 329 days | 36.4% | 55 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 140 days | 19.1% | 786 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 144 days | 15.5% | 3784 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
- Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 62 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 81 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 59 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 73 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 152 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 88 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 125 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 316 | 174 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 329 | 140 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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