Adenoid removal waiting time at Gawler Health Service
Half of patients at Gawler Health Service waited 249 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 Gawler area of South Australia.
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
- 249 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 46 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 63 days in 2020–21 to 249 days in 2024–25 — up 295% — while the national median fell from 207 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lyell McEwin Hospital, about 19 km away, at 137 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gawler Health Service | 249 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 130 days | 13.4% | 329 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.
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 19 km away: 137 days
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 38 km away: 112 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 51 km away: 334 days
Port Pirie Regional Health Service, SA · about 172 km away: 451 days
Riverland General Hospital, SA · about 173 km away: 29 days
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services, SA · about 249 km away: 145 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Gawler Health Service
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gawler Health Service (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 48 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 72 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 55 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 77 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | 63 | 84 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 97 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 94 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 112 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 249 | 130 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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