Tonsillectomy waiting time at Broome Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for tonsillectomy — published by the source as “Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)” — at this public hospital in the Broome area of Western Australia, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
- Median wait
- 277 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 24 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 114 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 75 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 241 days in 2011–12 to 277 days in 2024–25 — up 15% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broome Hospital | 277 days | not published | 24 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 183 days | 33.3% | 1581 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 17.0% | 16182 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
No other public hospital within 1,000 km published a figure for this surgery in this period.
How the wait has changed
- Broome Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Broome Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 241 | 78 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 133 | 88 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 146 | 98 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 140 | 118 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 163 | 111 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 85 | 129 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 118 | 147 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 167 | 211 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 166 | 194 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 182 | 295 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 224 | 229 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 257 | 287 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 177 | 160 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 277 | 183 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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