Tonsillectomy waiting time at Geraldton Hospital
Half of patients at Geraldton Hospital waited 208 days or less for tonsillectomy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)". This public hospital is in the Beachlands area of Western 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
- 208 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 37 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 114 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 56 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 117 days in 2011–12 to 208 days in 2024–25 — up 78% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 347 km away, at 87 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geraldton Hospital | 208 days | not published | 37 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 183 days | 33.3% | 1581 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 17.0% | 16182 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 182 days marks the national median.
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 347 km away: 87 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 364 km away: 105 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 371 km away: 129 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 373 km away: 46 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 373 km away: 183 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 373 km away: 134 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 380 km away: 228 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 380 km away: 393 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Geraldton Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Geraldton Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 117 | 78 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 119 | 88 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 264 | 98 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 135 | 118 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 169 | 111 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 161 | 129 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 131 | 147 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 219 | 211 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 227 | 194 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 253 | 295 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 282 | 229 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 328 | 287 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 344 | 160 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 208 | 183 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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