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Tonsillectomy waiting time at St George Hospital NSW

Median wait, long waits and volumes for tonsillectomy — published by the source as “Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)” — at this public hospital in the Kogarah area of New South Wales, 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
261 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
64 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
9.4%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 70 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 303 days in 2011–12 to 261 days in 2024–25 — down 14% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 10 km away, at 40 days. Here, 9.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.

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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
St George Hospital NSW261 days9.4%64 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)322 days21.2%4896 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)182 days17.0%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) by financial year at St George Hospital NSW, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25St George Hospital NSW 261NSW 322Australia 182
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Median wait in days for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSt George Hospital NSW (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–1230322198
2012–1327325898
2013–1423323399
2014–15266260124
2015–16315253120
2016–1728726597
2017–18320293121
2018–19274303125
2019–20294287130
2020–21260326253
2021–22296303168
2022–23331306174
2023–24122309185
2024–25261322182

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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