Tonsillectomy near the Adelaide CBD
Near the Adelaide CBD, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital had the shortest median wait for tonsillectomy in 2024–25: 75 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
3 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for tonsillectomy, shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. 1 hospital sits just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and is included because a referral can cross the line. The source publishes this surgery as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)".
Hospitals in or near the Adelaide CBD
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 75 days | not published | Woodville South, SA. In this area. |
| 2 | Women's and Children's Hospital (treats women and children) | 97 days | 5.9% | North Adelaide, SA. Outside this area, about 2 km from Royal Adelaide Hospital. |
| 3 | Royal Adelaide Hospital | 165 days | not published | Adelaide CBD, SA. In this area. |
This area covers Royal Adelaide Hospital and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Central Adelaide". Distances are straight lines between hospital locations, rounded to the nearest kilometre; they are not travel distances. A shorter median does not mean a hospital will see you sooner: your urgency category and your specialist decide that.
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Near the Adelaide CBD, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital had the shortest median wait for tonsillectomy in 2024–25: 75 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Tonsillectomy near the Adelaide CBD: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/adelaide-cbd/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/adelaide-cbd/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
See every South Australia hospital for tonsillectomy, or every hospital in Central Adelaide.