Surgery Waits

Tonsillectomy waiting time at Geraldton Hospital

The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the Beachlands area of Western Australia was 208 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
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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Geraldton Hospital208 daysnot published37 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)183 days33.3%1581 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)182 days17.0%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.

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

Median wait for tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) by financial year at Geraldton Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Geraldton Hospital 208WA 183Australia 182
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodGeraldton Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–121177898
2012–131198898
2013–142649899
2014–15135118124
2015–16169111120
2016–1716112997
2017–18131147121
2018–19219211125
2019–20227194130
2020–21253295253
2021–22282229168
2022–23328287174
2023–24344160185
2024–25208183182

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

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