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Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting time at The Queen Elizabeth 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
75 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
35 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 16 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
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital75 daysnot published35 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)111 days11.4%1161 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 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays0751502253002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 75SA 111Australia 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 periodThe Queen Elizabeth Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12736498
2012–13516998
2013–14997199
2014–1528576124
2015–1627987120
2016–17836797
2017–184986121
2018–192984125
2019–202992130
2020–2115898253
2021–22188138168
2022–23101118174
2023–2485140185
2024–2575111182

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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