Tonsillectomy waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the Lalor area of Victoria was 95 days in 2024–25.

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: 95 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 276 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.7%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 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 61 days in 2011–12 to 95 days in 2024–25 — up 56% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, about 17 km away, at 6 days. Here, 0.7% 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	95 days	0.7%	276 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.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away338 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away313 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 17 km away211 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away118 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 17 km away6 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 17 km away160 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 18 km away51 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 18 km away102 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	61	98	98
2012–13	83	105	98
2013–14	204	104	99
2014–15	115	106	124
2015–16	208	87	120
2016–17	77	69	97
2017–18	73	81	121
2018–19	49	77	125
2019–20	86	80	130
2020–21	265	167	253
2021–22	378	110	168
2022–23	250	134	174
2023–24	84	159	185
2024–25	95	116	182

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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