Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting time at Casey Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) at this public hospital, 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: 62 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 319 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 5.6%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 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Casey Hospital	62 days	5.6%	319 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	116 days	15.1%	4811 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	182 days	17.0%	16182 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 182 days marks the national median.

Angliss HospitalVIC · about 17 km away194 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 21 km away64 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 22 km away94 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 22 km away132 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 28 km away52 days
Blackburn Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 29 km away133 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 33 km away230 days
The AlfredVIC · about 39 km away67 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Casey Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	104	98	98
2012–13	138	105	98
2013–14	170	104	99
2014–15	189	106	124
2015–16	134	87	120
2016–17	72	69	97
2017–18	98	81	121
2018–19	82	77	125
2019–20	51	80	130
2020–21	189	167	253
2021–22	95	110	168
2022–23	110	134	174
2023–24	136	159	185
2024–25	62	116	182

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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