Adenoidectomy waiting time at Gosford Hospital

The median wait for adenoidectomy at this public hospital in the Gosford area of New South Wales was 346 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: 346 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 60 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 31.7%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 66 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 332 days in 2016–17 to 346 days in 2024–25 — up 4% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, about 38 km away, at 313 days. Here, 31.7% 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
Gosford Hospital	346 days	31.7%	60 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	274 days	18.3%	1412 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.

Hornsby Ku-ring-gai HospitalNSW · about 38 km away313 days
Northern Beaches HospitalNSW · about 38 km away305 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 47 km away332 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 53 km away252 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 54 km away56 days
Sydney Children's HospitalNSW · about 56 km away301 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 57 km away307 days
Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 60 km away344 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	Gosford Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	332	224	84
2017–18	322	235	95
2018–19	333	267	97
2019–20	133	273	97
2020–21	387	314	207
2021–22	250	245	111
2022–23	418	269	128
2023–24	306	293	148
2024–25	346	274	144

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

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