Adenoidectomy waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital

The median wait for adenoidectomy at this public hospital in the North Adelaide area of South Australia was 112 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 112 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 105 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 7.6%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 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 44 days in 2016–17 to 112 days in 2024–25 — up 155% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Riverland General Hospital, about 196 km away, at 29 days. Here, 7.6% 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
Women's and Children's Hospital	112 days	7.6%	105 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	130 days	13.4%	329 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	144 days	15.5%	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.

Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 13 km away334 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 19 km away137 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 38 km away249 days
Riverland General HospitalSA · about 196 km away29 days
Port Pirie Regional Health ServiceSA · about 200 km away451 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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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 period	Women's and Children's Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	44	48	84
2017–18	87	72	95
2018–19	47	55	97
2019–20	86	77	97
2020–21	92	84	207
2021–22	129	97	111
2022–23	101	94	128
2023–24	122	112	148
2024–25	112	130	144

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

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