Tonsillectomy waiting time at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Median wait, long waits and volumes for tonsillectomy — published by the source as “Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)” — at this public hospital in the Carlton area of Victoria, 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
- 6 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here is unchanged from 2023–24 (6 days) — while the national median fell from 185 days to 182 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | 6 days | not published | 12 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 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 98 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 105 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 104 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 106 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 87 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 69 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 81 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 77 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 80 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 167 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 110 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 134 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 6 | 159 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 6 | 116 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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