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Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting time at Sunshine Coast University 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
160 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
501 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%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 47 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
Sunshine Coast University Hospital160 days0.0%501 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)115 days4.9%3023 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 Sunshine Coast University Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0751502253002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Sunshine Coast University Hospital 160QLD 115Australia 182
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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 periodSunshine Coast University Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period6198
2012–13not reported for this period5698
2013–14not reported for this period5699
2014–15not reported for this period73124
2015–16not reported for this period80120
2016–17958897
2017–18107175121
2018–19196173125
2019–2026690130
2020–21261232253
2021–22246102168
2022–2397110174
2023–24125104185
2024–25160115182

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 Sunshine Coast University.

Patients treated
342 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
80.4%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
993 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
140 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

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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