Adenoid removal waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
Half of patients at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] waited 208 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 North Melbourne area of Victoria.
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
- 208 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 107 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 24.3%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 41 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 24 days in 2016–17 to 208 days in 2024–25 — up 767% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, about 3 km away, at 124 days. Here, 24.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 208 days | 24.3% | 107 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 140 days | 19.1% | 786 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.
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 3 km away: 124 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 10 km away: 329 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 11 km away: 278 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 12 km away: 276 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 15 km away: 173 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 km away: 88 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 23 km away: 77 days
Angliss Hospital, VIC · about 34 km away: 225 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 24 | 62 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | 47 | 81 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 23 | 59 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 111 | 73 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | 246 | 152 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | 128 | 88 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 190 | 125 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 215 | 174 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 208 | 140 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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