Tonsillectomy waiting time at St Vincent's On the Park
Half of patients at St Vincent's On the Park waited 102 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 East 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
- 102 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 31 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 114 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 347 days in 2022–23 to 102 days in 2024–25 — down 71% — while the national median rose from 174 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, about 0 km away, at 51 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's On the Park | 102 days | not published | 31 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 116 days | 15.1% | 4811 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.
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 0 km away: 51 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 1 km away: 160 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 2 km away: 6 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 2 km away: 118 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 3 km away: 211 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 4 km away: 67 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 9 km away: 338 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 9 km away: 313 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St Vincent's On the Park
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St Vincent's On the Park (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 98 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 105 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 104 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 106 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 87 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 69 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 81 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 77 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 80 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 167 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 110 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 347 | 134 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 71 | 159 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 102 | 116 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at St Vincent's On the Park · Tonsillectomy across Australia · Tonsillectomy in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria