Tonsillectomy waiting time at Albany Hospital
Half of patients at Albany Hospital waited 145 days or less for tonsillectomy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)". This public hospital is in the Spencer Park area of Western Australia.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 145 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 45 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 44 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 87 days in 2011–12 to 145 days in 2024–25 — up 67% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Rockingham General Hospital, about 360 km away, at 120 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.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Hospital | 145 days | not published | 45 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 183 days | 33.3% | 1581 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 17.0% | 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.
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 276 km away: 306 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 339 km away: 307 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 360 km away: 120 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 364 km away: 328 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 378 km away: 197 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 380 km away: 228 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 383 km away: 393 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 388 km away: 129 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Albany Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Albany Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 87 | 78 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 82 | 88 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 76 | 98 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 89 | 118 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 89 | 111 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 89 | 129 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 174 | 147 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 93 | 211 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 233 | 194 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 128 | 295 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 101 | 229 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 274 | 287 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 176 | 160 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 145 | 183 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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