Tonsillectomy waiting times in Queensland

Public hospitals in Queensland 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

16 public hospitals in Queensland reported tonsillectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 115 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.

3 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.

Cairns Hospital47 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital56 days
Ipswich Hospital76 days
Queensland Children's Hospital80 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital123 days
Townsville University Hospital139 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital160 days
Toowoomba Hospital212 days
Gold Coast University Hospital266 days
Redcliffe Hospital266 days
Logan Hospital278 days
Mater Adult Hospital293 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service339 days
Gympie Hospitalnot published
Longreach Hospitalnot published
Mackay Base Hospitalnot published

Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in Queensland 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	Cairns Hospital	47 days	0.0%	158 surgeries
2	Princess Alexandra Hospital	56 days	not published	10 surgeries
3	Ipswich Hospital	76 days	2.8%	254 surgeries
4	Queensland Children's Hospital	80 days	1.9%	961 surgeries
5	Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital	123 days	not published	30 surgeries
6	Townsville University Hospital	139 days	11.9%	177 surgeries
7	Sunshine Coast University Hospital	160 days	0.0%	501 surgeries
8	Toowoomba Hospital	212 days	10.9%	165 surgeries
9	Gold Coast University Hospital	266 days	1.3%	234 surgeries
9	Redcliffe Hospital	266 days	not published	18 surgeries
11	Logan Hospital	278 days	21.7%	240 surgeries
12	Mater Adult Hospital	293 days	11.5%	52 surgeries
13	Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service	339 days	6.5%	170 surgeries
unranked	Gympie Hospital	not published	not published	44 surgeries
unranked	Longreach Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Mackay Base Hospital	not published	not published	not published

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 Queensland.