Surgery Waits

Adenoidectomy waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]

The median wait for adenoidectomy at this public hospital in the North Melbourne area of Victoria was 208 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
208 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
107 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
24.3%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 41 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 24 days in 2016–17 to 208 days in 2024–25 — up 767% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, about 3 km away, at 124 days. Here, 24.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 15.5%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Adenoidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]208 days24.3%107 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)140 days19.1%786 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)144 days15.5%3784 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 144 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 adenoidectomy by financial year at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], compared with Victoria and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] 208VIC 140Australia 144
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Adenoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Children's Hospital [Parkville] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17246284
2017–18478195
2018–19235997
2019–201117397
2020–21246152207
2021–2212888111
2022–23190125128
2023–24215174148
2024–25208140144

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

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