Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) waiting time at Wagga Wagga 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: 364 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 192 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 43.8%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 106 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
Wagga Wagga Hospital	364 days	43.8%	192 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

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 182 days marks the national median.

Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 121 km away145 days
North Canberra HospitalACT · about 158 km away136 days
The Canberra HospitalACT · about 160 km away392 days
Northeast Health WangarattaVIC · about 167 km away293 days
Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 188 km away235 days
Lachlan Health Service - ForbesNSW · about 201 km away309 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 224 km away110 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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	Wagga Wagga Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	317	221	98
2012–13	302	258	98
2013–14	286	233	99
2014–15	330	260	124
2015–16	328	253	120
2016–17	344	265	97
2017–18	336	293	121
2018–19	336	303	125
2019–20	316	287	130
2020–21	352	326	253
2021–22	286	303	168
2022–23	446	306	174
2023–24	367	309	185
2024–25	364	322	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 Wagga Wagga Hospital · Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) across Australia · Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in New South Wales