Tonsillectomy waiting time at The Canberra Hospital
Half of patients at The Canberra Hospital waited 392 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 Garran area of Australian Capital Territory.
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
- 392 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 191 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 50.8%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 114 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 110 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 229 days in 2016–17 to 392 days in 2024–25 — up 71% — while the national median rose from 97 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is North Canberra Hospital, about 10 km away, at 136 days. Here, 50.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Canberra Hospital | 392 days | 50.8% | 191 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | 302 days | 46.0% | 215 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 322 days | 21.2% | 4896 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.
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 10 km away: 136 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 160 km away: 364 days
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 172 km away: 235 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 192 km away: 336 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 210 km away: 337 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 219 km away: 145 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 220 km away: 298 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 226 km away: 336 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- The Canberra Hospital
- ACT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Canberra Hospital (days) | ACT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 177 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 170 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 342 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 251 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 229 | 233 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 328 | 326 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 48 | 50 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 431 | 313 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 485 | 394 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 343 | 329 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 194 | 187 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 158 | 156 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 392 | 302 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Canberra Hospital · Tonsillectomy across Australia · Tonsillectomy in Australian Capital Territory · All surgery waits in Australian Capital Territory