--- title: "Tonsillectomy near the Perth CBD" description: "Public hospitals in or near the Perth CBD ranked by median wait for tonsillectomy, 2024–25. Shortest wait: 46 days." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/perth-cbd/" --- # Tonsillectomy near the Perth CBD Near the Perth CBD, [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/tonsillectomy/), just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for tonsillectomy in 2024–25: **46 days** (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 6 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. 2 hospitals sit just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and are included because a referral can cross the line. 1 children's hospital nearby is left out, because it treats only children. The source publishes this surgery as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)". ## Hospitals in or near the Perth CBD Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) at public hospitals in or near the Perth CBD, 2024–25, by median wait. Hospitals with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 46 days | not published | Kings Park, WA. Outside this area, about 5 km from Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus. | | 2 | [Osborne Park Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/osborne-park-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 105 days | not published | Stirling, WA. Outside this area, about 10 km from Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus. | | 3 | [St John of God Midland Public Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-john-of-god-midland-public-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 129 days | not published | Midland, WA. In this area. | | 4 | [Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-perth-hospital-wellington-street-campus/tonsillectomy/) | 183 days | not published | Perth CBD, WA. In this area. | | 5 | [Bentley Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bentley-health-service/tonsillectomy/) | 228 days | not published | St James, WA. In this area. | | 6 | [Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armadale-kelmscott-memorial-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 328 days | not published | Mount Nasura, WA. In this area. | This area covers Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, Bentley Health Service, Kalamunda Hospital, Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus and St John of God Midland Public Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "East Metropolitan Health Service (WA)". 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. **Cite this page** > Near the Perth CBD, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for tonsillectomy in 2024–25: 46 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Tonsillectomy near the Perth CBD: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/perth-cbd/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/perth-cbd/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/perth-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 Western Australia hospital for tonsillectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/wa/), or every hospital in [East Metropolitan Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/east-metropolitan-health-service/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 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