Tonsillectomy waiting time at Queensland Children's Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for tonsillectomy — published by the source as “Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)” — at this public hospital in the South Brisbane area of Queensland, 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
- 80 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 961 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.9%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 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 179 days in 2014–15 to 80 days in 2024–25 — down 55% — while the national median rose from 124 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 2 km away, at 56 days. Here, 1.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Children's Hospital | 80 days | 1.9% | 961 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Queensland Children's Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Queensland Children's Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 61 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 56 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 56 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 179 | 73 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 157 | 80 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 161 | 88 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 218 | 175 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 175 | 173 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 70 | 90 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 69 | 232 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 77 | 102 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 167 | 110 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 85 | 104 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 80 | 115 | 182 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for ENT surgery
These are not figures for tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy). Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.
Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Queensland Children's.
- Patients treated
- 803 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 94.0%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 1078 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 23 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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