Tonsillectomy waiting time at Orange Health Service
Half of patients at Orange Health Service waited 336 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 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
- 336 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 186 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 20.4%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 114 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 93 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 256 days in 2011–12 to 336 days in 2024–25 — up 31% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bathurst Base Hospital, about 46 km away, at 298 days. Here, 20.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Health Service | 336 days | 20.4% | 186 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 322 days | 21.2% | 4896 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.
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 46 km away: 298 days
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 68 km away: 235 days
Lachlan Health Service - Forbes, NSW · about 101 km away: 309 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 361 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 158 km away: 237 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 163 km away: 320 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 180 km away: 337 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 183 km away: 309 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 256 | 221 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 310 | 258 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 305 | 233 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 266 | 260 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 329 | 253 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 190 | 265 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 306 | 293 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 323 | 303 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 347 | 287 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 347 | 326 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 333 | 303 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 347 | 306 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 343 | 309 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 336 | 322 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Orange Health Service · Tonsillectomy across Australia · Tonsillectomy in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales