Adenoid removal waiting time at Perth Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Perth Children's Hospital waited 124 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 Crawley area of Western Australia.
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
- 124 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 191 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 38.7%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 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 343 days in 2018–19 to 124 days in 2024–25 — down 64% — while the national median rose from 97 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 26 km away, at 89 days. Here, 38.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Children's Hospital | 124 days | 38.7% | 191 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 119 days | 28.5% | 316 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.
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 585 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 26 km away: 89 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 36 km away: 135 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 156 km away: 74 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Perth Children's Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Perth Children's Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 77 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 90 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 343 | 112 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 127 | 91 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | 255 | 253 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | 100 | 136 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 90 | 101 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 132 | 134 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 124 | 119 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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