Adenoid removal waiting time at Nepean Hospital
Half of patients at Nepean Hospital waited 165 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 Cambridge Park 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
- 165 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 74 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 70 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 34 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 350 days in 2016–17 to 165 days in 2024–25 — down 53% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 15.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepean Hospital | 165 days | 0.0% | 74 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.
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 26 km away: 252 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 307 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 32 km away: 307 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 34 km away: 332 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 36 km away: 321 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 313 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 40 km away: 344 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 45 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
- Nepean Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Nepean Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 350 | 224 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | 337 | 235 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 303 | 267 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 272 | 273 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | 344 | 314 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | 288 | 245 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 260 | 269 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 273 | 293 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 165 | 274 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Nepean Hospital · Adenoid removal across Australia · Adenoid removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales