Adenoid removal waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 369 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 Turvey Park 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
- 369 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 45 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 70 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 68 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 337 days in 2016–17 to 369 days in 2024–25 — up 9% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Cowra Health Service, about 188 km away, at 76 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 369 days | not published | 45 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.
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 188 km away: 76 days
Lachlan Health Service - Forbes, NSW · about 201 km away: 220 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 256 km away: 117 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 279 km away: 129 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 331 km away: 199 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 336 km away: 321 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 341 km away: 306 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 343 km away: 165 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 337 | 224 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | 344 | 235 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 333 | 267 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 323 | 273 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | 343 | 314 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | 246 | 245 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 473 | 269 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 385 | 293 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 369 | 274 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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