Tonsillectomy waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the Fitzroy area of Victoria was 160 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
- 160 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 35 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 47 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 63 days in 2011–12 to 160 days in 2024–25 — up 154% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, about 0 km away, at 51 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 160 days | not published | 35 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
- St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 63 | 98 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 61 | 105 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 120 | 104 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 43 | 106 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 106 | 87 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 56 | 69 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 65 | 81 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 52 | 77 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 84 | 80 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 304 | 167 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 168 | 110 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 310 | 134 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 121 | 159 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 160 | 116 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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