Surgery Waits

Tonsillectomy waiting time at St John of God Midland Public Hospital

The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the Midland area of Western Australia was 129 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
129 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
33 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 36 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 145 days in 2015–16 to 129 days in 2024–25 — down 11% — while the national median rose from 120 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Osborne Park Hospital, about 19 km away, at 105 days.

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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
St John of God Midland Public Hospital129 daysnot published33 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)183 days33.3%1581 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 St John of God Midland Public Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25St John of God Midland Public Hospital 129WA 183Australia 182
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSt John of God Midland Public Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period7898
2012–13not reported for this period8898
2013–14not reported for this period9899
2014–15not reported for this period118124
2015–16145111120
2016–1716712997
2017–18155147121
2018–19197211125
2019–20337194130
2020–21309295253
2021–22229229168
2022–23290287174
2023–24388160185
2024–25129183182

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

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