Surgery Waits

Adenoidectomy waiting time at Frankston Hospital

The median wait for adenoidectomy at this public hospital in the Frankston area of Victoria was 126 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
126 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
84 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
9.5%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 28 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 99 days in 2016–17 to 126 days in 2024–25 — up 27% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Casey Hospital, about 22 km away, at 57 days. Here, 9.5% 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
Frankston Hospital126 days9.5%84 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 Frankston Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Frankston Hospital 126VIC 140Australia 144
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Median wait in days for Adenoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodFrankston Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17996284
2017–18968195
2018–19705997
2019–20417397
2020–21170152207
2021–22not published88111
2022–23130125128
2023–2497174148
2024–25126140144

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

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