Tonsillectomy waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 364 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 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
- 364 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 192 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 43.8%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 106 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 317 days in 2011–12 to 364 days in 2024–25 — up 15% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], about 121 km away, at 145 days. Here, 43.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 364 days | 43.8% | 192 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.
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 121 km away: 145 days
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 158 km away: 136 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 160 km away: 392 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 167 km away: 293 days
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 188 km away: 235 days
Lachlan Health Service - Forbes, NSW · about 201 km away: 309 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 224 km away: 110 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
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 317 | 221 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 302 | 258 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 286 | 233 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 330 | 260 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 328 | 253 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 344 | 265 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 336 | 293 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 336 | 303 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 316 | 287 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 352 | 326 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 286 | 303 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 446 | 306 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 367 | 309 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 364 | 322 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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