Tonsillectomy waiting time at Mackay Base 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 West Mackay 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
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
- 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mackay Base Hospital | not published | not published | not published |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 115 days | 4.9% | 3023 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 17.0% | 16182 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Mackay Base 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
- Mackay Base Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mackay Base Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 61 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 56 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 56 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 73 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 80 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 88 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 359 | 175 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 173 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 90 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 232 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 102 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 363 | 110 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 104 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | not published | 115 | 182 |
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 Mackay.
- Patients treated
- 1 patientJuly 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
- 182 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.
All surgery at Mackay Base Hospital · Tonsillectomy across Australia · Tonsillectomy in Queensland