Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting time at Royal Hobart 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: 220 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 136 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 25.7%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 60 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 Hobart Hospital	220 days	25.7%	136 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	156 days	17.3%	358 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.

Launceston General HospitalTAS · about 160 km away124 days
North West Regional HospitalTAS · about 236 km away129 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 523 km away450 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 537 km away389 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 557 km away94 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 558 km away132 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 563 km away62 days
Angliss HospitalVIC · about 580 km away194 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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	Royal Hobart Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	187	103	98
2012–13	173	96	98
2013–14	135	114	99
2014–15	204	219	124
2015–16	142	180	120
2016–17	104	89	97
2017–18	114	78	121
2018–19	150	148	125
2019–20	196	188	130
2020–21	195	174	253
2021–22	303	176	168
2022–23	238	125	174
2023–24	157	151	185
2024–25	220	156	182

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

All surgery at Royal Hobart Hospital · Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) across Australia · Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in Tasmania