Surgery Waits

Adenoidectomy waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]

The median wait for adenoidectomy at this public hospital in the Eaglemont area of Victoria was 278 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
278 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
16 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 70 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 71 days in 2016–17 to 278 days in 2024–25 — up 292% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Box Hill Hospital, about 8 km away, at 173 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Adenoidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]278 daysnot published16 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)140 days19.1%786 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)144 days15.5%3784 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 144 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for adenoidectomy by financial year at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], compared with Victoria and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 278VIC 140Australia 144
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Adenoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17716284
2017–18678195
2018–19285997
2019–20777397
2020–21124152207
2021–229388111
2022–23202125128
2023–24200174148
2024–25278140144

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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