Adenoid removal waiting time at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
Half of patients at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital waited 313 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 Waitara area of New South Wales.
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
- 313 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 46 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 55 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 178 days in 2016–17 to 313 days in 2024–25 — up 76% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northern Beaches Hospital, about 12 km away, at 305 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital | 313 days | not published | 46 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 274 days | 18.3% | 1412 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.
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 305 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 332 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 16 km away: 252 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 307 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 56 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 24 km away: 344 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 301 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 332 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 178 | 224 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | 256 | 235 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 318 | 267 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 274 | 273 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | 345 | 314 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | 287 | 245 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 329 | 269 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 277 | 293 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 313 | 274 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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