Surgery Waits

Adenoidectomy waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital

The median wait for adenoidectomy at this public hospital in the Turvey Park area of New South Wales was 369 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
369 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
45 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 68 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 337 days in 2016–17 to 369 days in 2024–25 — up 9% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Cowra Health Service, about 188 km away, at 76 days.

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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
Wagga Wagga Hospital369 daysnot published45 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 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for adenoidectomy by financial year at Wagga Wagga Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Wagga Wagga Hospital 369NSW 274Australia 144
  • Wagga Wagga Hospital
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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 periodWagga Wagga Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–1733722484
2017–1834423595
2018–1933326797
2019–2032327397
2020–21343314207
2021–22246245111
2022–23473269128
2023–24385293148
2024–25369274144

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

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