Tonsillectomy waiting time at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]
Half of patients at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] 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 Wodonga area of Victoria.
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
- 541 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 18.7%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
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 fallen from 161 days in 2016–17 to 145 days in 2024–25 — down 10% — while the national median rose from 97 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], about 135 km away, at 110 days. Here, 18.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] | 145 days | 18.7% | 541 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | 302 days | 46.0% | 215 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 322 days | 21.2% | 4896 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 116 days | 15.1% | 4811 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.
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 56 km away: 293 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 121 km away: 364 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 135 km away: 110 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 219 km away: 392 days
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 222 km away: 136 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 235 km away: 450 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 237 km away: 95 days
Angliss Hospital, VIC · about 241 km away: 194 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 98 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 105 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 104 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 106 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 87 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 161 | 69 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 115 | 81 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 60 | 77 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 73 | 80 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 124 | 167 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 164 | 110 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 316 | 134 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 235 | 159 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 145 | 116 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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