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Tonsillectomy waiting time at Westmead 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 Westmead 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
249 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
17 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 68 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 129 days in 2011–12 to 249 days in 2024–25 — up 93% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 10 km away, at 231 days.

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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
Westmead Hospital249 daysnot published17 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 Westmead Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Westmead Hospital 249NSW 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 periodWestmead Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–1212922198
2012–1316025898
2013–1411823399
2014–15241260124
2015–16131253120
2016–1720026597
2017–18298293121
2018–19306303125
2019–20264287130
2020–21337326253
2021–2238303168
2022–23441306174
2023–2478309185
2024–25249322182

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

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