Surgery Waits

Adenoidectomy waiting time at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

The median wait for adenoidectomy at this public hospital in the Camperdown area of New South Wales was 56 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
56 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
19 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 70 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 115 days in 2016–17 to 56 days in 2024–25 — down 51% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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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
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital56 daysnot published19 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)274 days18.3%1412 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)144 days15.5%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.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for adenoidectomy by financial year at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 56NSW 274Australia 144
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Median wait in days for Adenoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–1711522484
2017–1826723595
2018–1921826797
2019–2019327397
2020–21159314207
2021–22not published245111
2022–2350269128
2023–2452293148
2024–2556274144

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

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