Surgery Waits

Tonsillectomy waiting time at Williamstown Hospital

The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the Williamstown area of Victoria was 163 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
163 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
24 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 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 111 days in 2011–12 to 163 days in 2024–25 — up 47% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 8 km away, at 67 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
Williamstown Hospital163 daysnot published24 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)116 days15.1%4811 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 Williamstown Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays01883755637502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Williamstown Hospital 163VIC 116Australia 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 periodWilliamstown Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–121119898
2012–1317110598
2013–1414110499
2014–1525106124
2015–162387120
2016–17546997
2017–188881121
2018–1921877125
2019–2024780130
2020–21568167253
2021–22359110168
2022–23490134174
2023–24157159185
2024–25163116182

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

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