Surgery Waits

Tonsillectomy waiting time at Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]

The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the Shepparton area of Victoria was 110 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
110 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
87 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
6.9%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 114 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 51 days in 2011–12 to 110 days in 2024–25 — up 116% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Northern Hospital [Epping], about 148 km away, at 95 days. Here, 6.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.

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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
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]110 days6.9%87 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 Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], compared with Victoria and Australiadays0751502253002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] 110VIC 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 periodGoulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12519898
2012–137910598
2013–145110499
2014–15132106124
2015–1616287120
2016–171366997
2017–1819081121
2018–1916677125
2019–2010680130
2020–21106167253
2021–22100110168
2022–2379134174
2023–2480159185
2024–25110116182

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

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