Adenoid removal waiting time at Orange Health Service
Half of patients at Orange Health Service waited 117 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 Spring Creek 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
- 117 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 47 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 70 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 75 days in 2016–17 to 117 days in 2024–25 — up 56% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Cowra Health Service, about 68 km away, at 76 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Health Service | 117 days | not published | 47 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.
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 46 km away: 129 days
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 68 km away: 76 days
Mudgee Health Service, NSW · about 92 km away: 318 days
Lachlan Health Service - Forbes, NSW · about 101 km away: 220 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 306 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 158 km away: 165 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 180 km away: 321 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 183 km away: 307 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Orange Health Service
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Orange Health Service (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 75 | 224 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | 73 | 235 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 88 | 267 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 134 | 273 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | 322 | 314 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | 67 | 245 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 308 | 269 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 162 | 293 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 117 | 274 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Orange Health Service · Adenoid removal across Australia · Adenoid removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales