Surgery Waits

Tonsillectomy waiting time at Longreach Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the Ilfracombe area of Queensland, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
6 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.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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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
Longreach Hospitalnot publishednot published6 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)115 days4.9%3023 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)182 days17.0%16182 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Longreach Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) by financial year at Longreach Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0751502253002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Longreach Hospital 113QLD 115Australia 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 periodLongreach Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period6198
2012–13not reported for this period5698
2013–14not reported for this period5699
2014–15not reported for this period73124
2015–16280120
2016–17not published8897
2017–18not reported for this period175121
2018–19252173125
2019–20not published90130
2020–2149232253
2021–22not published102168
2022–2391110174
2023–24113104185
2024–25not published115182

Queensland's quarterly figures for ENT surgery

These are not figures for tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy). Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.

Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.

Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Longreach.

Patients treated
5 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
100.0%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
5 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
0 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

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

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