Tonsillectomy waiting times in South Australia

Public hospitals in South Australia 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

18 public hospitals in South Australia reported tonsillectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 111 days; the national median was 182 days.

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4 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.

Port Lincoln Health Service14 days
Riverland General Hospital26 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service29 days
Renmark Paringa District Hospital29 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital75 days
Women's and Children's Hospital97 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital120 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital165 days
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services167 days
Modbury Hospital212 days
Noarlunga Hospital239 days
Gawler Health Service267 days
Flinders Medical Centre330 days
Port Pirie Regional Health Service450 days
Ceduna District Health Servicenot published
Clare Hospitalnot published
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalnot published
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalnot published

Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in South Australia 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	Port Lincoln Health Service	14 days	not published	12 surgeries
2	Riverland General Hospital	26 days	not published	12 surgeries
3	Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service	29 days	not published	28 surgeries
3	Renmark Paringa District Hospital	29 days	not published	23 surgeries
5	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital	75 days	not published	35 surgeries
6	Women's and Children's Hospital	97 days	5.9%	421 surgeries
7	Lyell McEwin Hospital	120 days	10.2%	167 surgeries
8	Royal Adelaide Hospital	165 days	not published	46 surgeries
9	Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services	167 days	not published	33 surgeries
10	Modbury Hospital	212 days	not published	41 surgeries
11	Noarlunga Hospital	239 days	not published	34 surgeries
12	Gawler Health Service	267 days	not published	31 surgeries
13	Flinders Medical Centre	330 days	17.9%	224 surgeries
14	Port Pirie Regional Health Service	450 days	not published	25 surgeries
unranked	Ceduna District Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Clare Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	not published	not published	9 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 South Australia.