Tonsillectomy waiting time at Joondalup Health Campus (Public)
Half of patients at Joondalup Health Campus (Public) waited 87 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 Joondalup 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
- 87 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 124 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 357 days in 2011–12 to 87 days in 2024–25 — down 76% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 26 km away, at 46 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joondalup Health Campus (Public) | 87 days | 0.0% | 124 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.
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 17 km away: 105 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 26 km away: 183 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 26 km away: 46 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 26 km away: 134 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 28 km away: 129 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 33 km away: 228 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 36 km away: 393 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 38 km away: 197 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Joondalup Health Campus (Public)
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Joondalup Health Campus (Public) (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 357 | 78 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 136 | 88 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 184 | 98 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 289 | 118 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 11 | 111 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 136 | 129 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 183 | 147 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 175 | 211 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 268 | 194 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 105 | 295 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 118 | 229 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 147 | 287 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 109 | 160 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 87 | 183 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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