Tonsillectomy waiting times in Western Australia

Public hospitals in Western Australia ranked by their median wait for tonsillectomy, published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)".

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

18 public hospitals in Western Australia reported tonsillectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 183 days; the national median was 182 days.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

2 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 182 days marks the national median.

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital46 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)87 days
Osborne Park Hospital105 days
Rockingham General Hospital120 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital129 days
Perth Children's Hospital134 days
Albany Hospital145 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus183 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital197 days
Geraldton Hospital208 days
Bentley Health Service228 days
Broome Hospital277 days
Bunbury Hospital306 days
Peel Health Campus307 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital328 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service393 days
Derby Hospitalnot published
Kununurra Hospitalnot published

Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in Western Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	46 days	not published	36 surgeries
2	Joondalup Health Campus (Public)	87 days	0.0%	124 surgeries
3	Osborne Park Hospital	105 days	not published	21 surgeries
4	Rockingham General Hospital	120 days	not published	18 surgeries
5	St John of God Midland Public Hospital	129 days	not published	33 surgeries
6	Perth Children's Hospital	134 days	43.0%	667 surgeries
7	Albany Hospital	145 days	not published	45 surgeries
8	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus	183 days	not published	48 surgeries
9	Fiona Stanley Hospital	197 days	43.8%	178 surgeries
10	Geraldton Hospital	208 days	not published	37 surgeries
11	Bentley Health Service	228 days	not published	21 surgeries
12	Broome Hospital	277 days	not published	24 surgeries
13	Bunbury Hospital	306 days	35.0%	137 surgeries
14	Peel Health Campus	307 days	not published	33 surgeries
15	Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital	328 days	not published	47 surgeries
16	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service	393 days	68.0%	97 surgeries
unranked	Derby Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Kununurra Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Western Australia.