Surgery Waits

Adenoidectomy waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital

The median wait for adenoidectomy at this public hospital in the St Leonards area of New South Wales was 332 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
332 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
81 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
9.9%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 70 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 62 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 347 days in 2016–17 to 332 days in 2024–25 — down 4% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 8 km away, at 56 days. Here, 9.9% 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 North Shore Hospital332 days9.9%81 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)274 days18.3%1412 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 North Shore Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal North Shore Hospital 332NSW 274Australia 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 North Shore Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–1734722484
2017–1835323595
2018–1934426797
2019–2035227397
2020–21346314207
2021–22372245111
2022–23448269128
2023–24327293148
2024–25332274144

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

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