Surgery Waits

Adenoid removal waiting time at Canterbury Hospital

Half of patients at Canterbury Hospital waited 344 days or less for adenoid removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Adenoidectomy". This public hospital is in the Campsie area of New South Wales.

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
344 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
79 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
3.8%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 70 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 65 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 136 days in 2016–17 to 344 days in 2024–25 — up 153% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St George Hospital NSW, about 6 km away, at 175 days. Here, 3.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 15.5%.

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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
Canterbury Hospital344 days3.8%79 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)274 days18.3%1412 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 Canterbury Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Canterbury Hospital 344NSW 274Australia 144
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Adenoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodCanterbury Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–1713622484
2017–1826623595
2018–1921826797
2019–2019327397
2020–21226314207
2021–22251245111
2022–23105269128
2023–24318293148
2024–25344274144

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

All surgery at Canterbury Hospital · Adenoid removal across Australia · Adenoid removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales