Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting time at Lismore Base 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: 259 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 41 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 69 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
Lismore Base Hospital	259 days	not published	41 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	322 days	21.2%	4896 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	115 days	4.9%	3023 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.

Murwillumbah District HospitalNSW · about 55 km away99 days
Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 75 km away109 days
Gold Coast University HospitalQLD · about 95 km away266 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 127 km away278 days
Ipswich HospitalQLD · about 142 km away76 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 148 km away56 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 149 km away293 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 150 km away80 days

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

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	Lismore Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	67	221	98
2012–13	73	258	98
2013–14	85	233	99
2014–15	63	260	124
2015–16	93	253	120
2016–17	80	265	97
2017–18	67	293	121
2018–19	195	303	125
2019–20	139	287	130
2020–21	319	326	253
2021–22	359	303	168
2022–23	441	306	174
2023–24	480	309	185
2024–25	259	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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