Adenoid removal waiting time at Sydney Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Sydney Children's Hospital waited 301 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 Randwick 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
- 301 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 123 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 41.5%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 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 239 days in 2016–17 to 301 days in 2024–25 — up 26% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 6 km away, at 56 days. Here, 41.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Children's Hospital | 301 days | 41.5% | 123 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.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 6 km away: 56 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 11 km away: 175 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 332 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 344 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 18 km away: 360 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 305 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 307 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 332 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sydney Children's Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sydney Children's Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 239 | 224 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | 153 | 235 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 153 | 267 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 227 | 273 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | 218 | 314 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | 146 | 245 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 204 | 269 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 340 | 293 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 301 | 274 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Sydney Children's Hospital · Adenoid removal across Australia · Adenoid removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales