Adenoid removal waiting time at Port Macquarie Base Hospital
Half of patients at Port Macquarie Base Hospital waited 150 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 Port Macquarie 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
- 150 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 33 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 67 days in 2016–17 to 150 days in 2024–25 — up 124% — 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.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Macquarie Base Hospital | 150 days | not published | 14 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.
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 320 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 189 km away: 238 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 190 km away: 320 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 198 km away: 204 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Port Macquarie Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 67 | 224 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | 147 | 235 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 247 | 267 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 287 | 273 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 314 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 245 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 269 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 150 | 293 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 150 | 274 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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