Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]

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: 211 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 386 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 24.4%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 57 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
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]	211 days	24.4%	386 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

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 182 days marks the national median.

Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 1 km away118 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 1 km away6 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 2 km away160 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 3 km away51 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 3 km away102 days
The AlfredVIC · about 6 km away67 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 9 km away163 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 10 km away338 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	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	148	98	98
2012–13	195	105	98
2013–14	231	104	99
2014–15	186	106	124
2015–16	64	87	120
2016–17	22	69	97
2017–18	40	81	121
2018–19	64	77	125
2019–20	100	80	130
2020–21	155	167	253
2021–22	126	110	168
2022–23	219	134	174
2023–24	216	159	185
2024–25	211	116	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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