Adenoid removal waiting time at Casey Hospital
Half of patients at Casey Hospital waited 57 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 Berwick 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
- 57 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 44 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 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 88 days in 2016–17 to 57 days in 2024–25 — down 35% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Hospital | 57 days | not published | 44 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 140 days | 19.1% | 786 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 144 days | 15.5% | 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.
Angliss Hospital, VIC · about 17 km away: 225 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 21 km away: 77 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 22 km away: 126 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 33 km away: 173 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 41 km away: 278 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 42 km away: 329 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 42 km away: 124 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 45 km away: 208 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Casey Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Casey Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 88 | 62 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | 107 | 81 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 80 | 59 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 76 | 73 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | 209 | 152 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | 85 | 88 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 108 | 125 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 124 | 174 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 57 | 140 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Casey Hospital · Adenoid removal across Australia · Adenoid removal in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria