Tonsillectomy waiting time at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital
Half of patients at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital waited 328 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 Mount Nasura 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
- 328 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 47 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 91 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 76 days in 2011–12 to 328 days in 2024–25 — up 332% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bentley Health Service, about 17 km away, at 228 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital | 328 days | not published | 47 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.
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 17 km away: 228 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 18 km away: 197 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 25 km away: 183 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 26 km away: 134 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 27 km away: 129 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 27 km away: 46 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 27 km away: 393 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 29 km away: 120 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 76 | 78 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 87 | 88 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 202 | 98 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 160 | 118 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 279 | 111 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 350 | 129 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 248 | 147 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 168 | 211 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 126 | 194 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 182 | 295 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 419 | 229 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 88 | 287 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 148 | 160 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 328 | 183 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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