Tonsillectomy waiting times in New South Wales

Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for tonsillectomy, published by the source as “Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)”.

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

41 public hospitals in New South Wales reported tonsillectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 322 days; the national median was 182 days.

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.

6 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

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

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital40 days
Murwillumbah District Hospital99 days
Tweed Valley Hospital109 days
John Hunter Hospital168 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital231 days
Cowra Health Service235 days
Nepean Hospital237 days
Sydney Children's Hospital239 days
Westmead Hospital249 days
Lismore Base Hospital259 days
St George Hospital NSW261 days
Maitland Hospital273 days
Bathurst Base Hospital298 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital301 days
Northern Beaches Hospital302 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead308 days
Lachlan Health Service - Forbes309 days
Liverpool Hospital309 days
Ryde Hospital318 days
Auburn Hospital320 days
Hawkesbury Hospital320 days
Orange Health Service336 days
Wollongong Hospital336 days
Campbelltown Hospital337 days
Belmont Hospital347 days
Canterbury Hospital347 days
Prince of Wales Hospital348 days
Sutherland Hospital348 days
Royal North Shore Hospital349 days
Gosford Hospital351 days
Tamworth Hospital351 days
Dubbo Hospital361 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital364 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital365 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital368 days
Broken Hill Hospitalnot published
Goulburn Base Hospitalnot published
Griffith Base Hospitalnot published
Kurri Kurri Hospitalnot published
Mudgee Health Servicenot published
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]not published

Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	40 days	0.0%	101 surgeries
2	Murwillumbah District Hospital	99 days	not published	27 surgeries
3	Tweed Valley Hospital	109 days	12.8%	94 surgeries
4	John Hunter Hospital	168 days	30.1%	93 surgeries
5	Concord Repatriation Hospital	231 days	not published	45 surgeries
6	Cowra Health Service	235 days	0.0%	85 surgeries
7	Nepean Hospital	237 days	3.8%	286 surgeries
8	Sydney Children's Hospital	239 days	25.8%	310 surgeries
9	Westmead Hospital	249 days	not published	17 surgeries
10	Lismore Base Hospital	259 days	not published	41 surgeries
11	St George Hospital NSW	261 days	9.4%	64 surgeries
12	Maitland Hospital	273 days	32.0%	147 surgeries
13	Bathurst Base Hospital	298 days	12.0%	92 surgeries
14	Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital	301 days	9.5%	116 surgeries
15	Northern Beaches Hospital	302 days	0.0%	120 surgeries
16	The Children's Hospital at Westmead	308 days	28.5%	214 surgeries
17	Lachlan Health Service - Forbes	309 days	not published	12 surgeries
17	Liverpool Hospital	309 days	13.6%	88 surgeries
19	Ryde Hospital	318 days	not published	27 surgeries
20	Auburn Hospital	320 days	0.0%	294 surgeries
20	Hawkesbury Hospital	320 days	not published	29 surgeries
22	Orange Health Service	336 days	20.4%	186 surgeries
22	Wollongong Hospital	336 days	10.1%	405 surgeries
24	Campbelltown Hospital	337 days	12.9%	186 surgeries
25	Belmont Hospital	347 days	not published	18 surgeries
25	Canterbury Hospital	347 days	3.2%	216 surgeries
27	Prince of Wales Hospital	348 days	not published	41 surgeries
27	Sutherland Hospital	348 days	41.7%	108 surgeries
29	Royal North Shore Hospital	349 days	17.5%	80 surgeries
30	Gosford Hospital	351 days	31.3%	409 surgeries
30	Tamworth Hospital	351 days	25.0%	104 surgeries
32	Dubbo Hospital	361 days	46.7%	227 surgeries
33	Wagga Wagga Hospital	364 days	43.8%	192 surgeries
34	Coffs Harbour Hospital	365 days	50.0%	188 surgeries
35	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	368 days	51.5%	204 surgeries
unranked	Broken Hill Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Goulburn Base Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Griffith Base Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Kurri Kurri Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Mudgee Health Service	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]	not published	not published	8 surgeries

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.