Tonsillectomy waiting time at Lachlan Health Service - Forbes
Half of patients at Lachlan Health Service - Forbes waited 309 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 Forbes 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
- 309 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 85 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 290 days in 2011–12 to 309 days in 2024–25 — up 7% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Cowra Health Service, about 79 km away, at 235 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lachlan Health Service - Forbes | 309 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | 302 days | 46.0% | 215 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 322 days | 21.2% | 4896 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.
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 79 km away: 235 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 101 km away: 336 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 141 km away: 361 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 145 km away: 298 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 201 km away: 364 days
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 229 km away: 136 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 239 km away: 392 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Lachlan Health Service - Forbes
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lachlan Health Service - Forbes (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 290 | 221 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 263 | 258 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 288 | 233 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 196 | 260 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 171 | 253 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 254 | 265 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 300 | 293 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 273 | 303 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 287 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 154 | 326 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 303 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 84 | 306 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 110 | 309 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 309 | 322 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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