Tonsillectomy waiting time at The Canberra 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 Garran area of Australian Capital Territory, 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
- 392 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 191 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 50.8%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 110 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 229 days in 2016–17 to 392 days in 2024–25 — up 71% — while the national median rose from 97 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is North Canberra Hospital, about 10 km away, at 136 days. Here, 50.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)” and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Canberra Hospital | 392 days | 50.8% | 191 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | 302 days | 46.0% | 215 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 322 days | 21.2% | 4896 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- The Canberra Hospital
- ACT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Canberra Hospital (days) | ACT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 177 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 170 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 342 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 251 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 229 | 233 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 328 | 326 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 48 | 50 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 431 | 313 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 485 | 394 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 343 | 329 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 194 | 187 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 158 | 156 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 392 | 302 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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