Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting time at Coffs Harbour 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: 365 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 188 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 50.0%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 107 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
Coffs Harbour Hospital	365 days	50.0%	188 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	322 days	21.2%	4896 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.

Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 169 km away259 days
Murwillumbah District HospitalNSW · about 224 km away99 days
Tamworth HospitalNSW · about 224 km away351 days
Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 242 km away109 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	Coffs Harbour Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	332	221	98
2012–13	278	258	98
2013–14	282	233	99
2014–15	315	260	124
2015–16	249	253	120
2016–17	238	265	97
2017–18	248	293	121
2018–19	309	303	125
2019–20	322	287	130
2020–21	455	326	253
2021–22	424	303	168
2022–23	368	306	174
2023–24	424	309	185
2024–25	365	322	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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