Tonsillectomy waiting time at North Canberra Hospital
Half of patients at North Canberra Hospital waited 136 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 Bruce area of Australian Capital Territory.
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
- 136 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 24 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 42 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 92 days in 2023–24 to 136 days in 2024–25 — up 48% — while the national median fell from 185 days to 182 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Canberra Hospital | 136 days | not published | 24 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 |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 116 days | 15.1% | 4811 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.
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 10 km away: 392 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 158 km away: 364 days
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 162 km away: 235 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 188 km away: 336 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 204 km away: 337 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 210 km away: 298 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 215 km away: 336 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 222 km away: 145 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
- North Canberra Hospital
- ACT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | North Canberra Hospital (days) | ACT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 177 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 170 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 342 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 251 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 120 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 233 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 326 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 50 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 313 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 394 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 329 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 187 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 92 | 156 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 136 | 302 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at North Canberra Hospital · Tonsillectomy across Australia · Tonsillectomy in Australian Capital Territory · All surgery waits in Australian Capital Territory