Tonsillectomy waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital
The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the North Adelaide area of South Australia was 97 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
- 97 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 421 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 5.9%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 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 63 days in 2011–12 to 97 days in 2024–25 — up 54% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, about 7 km away, at 75 days. Here, 5.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's and Children's Hospital | 97 days | 5.9% | 421 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 111 days | 11.4% | 1161 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 17.0% | 16182 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
- Women's and Children's Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Women's and Children's Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 63 | 64 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 71 | 69 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 75 | 71 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 82 | 76 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 77 | 87 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 59 | 67 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 82 | 86 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 66 | 84 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 88 | 92 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 87 | 98 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 243 | 138 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 114 | 118 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 124 | 140 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 97 | 111 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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