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Adenoidectomy waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Adenoidectomy, nationally and by state.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Across Australia, the median wait for Adenoidectomy in public hospitals was 144 days in 2024–25, from 3784 surgeries. 15.5% of people waited more than 365 days. 70 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 144 days marks the national median.

Adenoidectomy in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank State or territory Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Queensland 68 days 1.7% 769 surgeries
2 Western Australia 119 days 28.5% 316 surgeries
3 South Australia 130 days 13.4% 329 surgeries
4 Victoria 140 days 19.1% 786 surgeries
5 Tasmania 191 days 18.8% 160 surgeries
6 New South Wales 274 days 18.3% 1412 surgeries
unranked Northern Territory not published not published 12 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Adenoidectomy by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Australia 144QLD 68WA 119SA 130
  • Australia
  • QLD
  • WA
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Median wait in days for Adenoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)QLD (days)WA (days)SA (days)
2016–1784607748
2017–1895759072
2018–19977411255
2019–2097699177
2020–212077625384
2021–221117013697
2022–231288810194
2023–2414869134112
2024–2514468119130

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.