Adenoidectomy waiting time at St George Hospital NSW
The median wait for adenoidectomy at this public hospital in the Kogarah area of New South Wales was 175 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
- 175 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 21 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 36 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 87 days in 2016–17 to 175 days in 2024–25 — up 101% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 10 km away, at 56 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St George Hospital NSW | 175 days | not published | 21 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St George Hospital NSW
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St George Hospital NSW (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 87 | 224 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | 63 | 235 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 214 | 267 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 343 | 273 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 314 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 245 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 486 | 269 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 293 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 175 | 274 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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