Tonsillectomy waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the Bellfield area of Victoria was 338 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
- 338 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 226 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 40.7%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 114 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 96 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 288 days in 2023–24 to 338 days in 2024–25 — up 17% — while the national median fell from 185 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 1 km away, at 313 days. Here, 40.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 338 days | 40.7% | 226 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 116 days | 15.1% | 4811 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 17.0% | 16182 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
- Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 98 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 105 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 104 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 106 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 87 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 69 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 81 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 77 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 80 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 167 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 110 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 134 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 288 | 159 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 338 | 116 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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