Adenoidectomy waiting time at Coffs Harbour Hospital
The median wait for adenoidectomy at this public hospital in the North Boambee Valley area of New South Wales was 320 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
- 320 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 34.0%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 58 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 245 days in 2016–17 to 320 days in 2024–25 — up 31% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Macquarie Base Hospital, about 128 km away, at 150 days. Here, 34.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 15.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour Hospital | 320 days | 34.0% | 50 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 274 days | 18.3% | 1412 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 144 days | 15.5% | 3784 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Coffs Harbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Coffs Harbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 245 | 224 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | 231 | 235 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 172 | 267 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 322 | 273 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | 330 | 314 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | 267 | 245 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 293 | 269 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 351 | 293 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 320 | 274 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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