Tonsillectomy waiting time at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
Median wait, long waits and volumes for tonsillectomy — published by the source as “Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)” — at this public hospital in the Mount Gambier area of South 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
- 29 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 28 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 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 22 days in 2011–12 to 29 days in 2024–25 — up 32% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, about 366 km away, at 6 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service | 29 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 111 days | 11.4% | 1161 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 22 | 64 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 1 | 69 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 1 | 71 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 4 | 76 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | 87 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | 67 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | 86 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 84 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 15 | 92 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 98 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 138 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 118 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 27 | 140 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 29 | 111 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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