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title: "Tonsillectomy waiting times in New South Wales"
description: "Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by median wait for Tonsillectomy in 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/nsw/"
---

# Tonsillectomy waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for tonsillectomy in New South Wales public hospitals was **322 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **182 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

41 public hospitals in New South Wales reported tonsillectomy in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** 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.

6 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 182 days marks the national median.

- [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 40 days
- [Murwillumbah District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murwillumbah-district-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 99 days
- [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 109 days
- [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 168 days
- [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 231 days
- [Cowra Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cowra-health-service/tonsillectomy/): 235 days
- [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 237 days
- [Sydney Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-childrens-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 239 days
- [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 249 days
- [Lismore Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lismore-base-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 259 days
- [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/tonsillectomy/): 261 days
- [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 273 days
- [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 298 days
- [Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 301 days
- [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 302 days
- [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/tonsillectomy/): 308 days
- [Lachlan Health Service - Forbes](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lachlan-health-service-forbes/tonsillectomy/): 309 days
- [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 309 days
- [Ryde Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ryde-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 318 days
- [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 320 days
- [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 320 days
- [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/tonsillectomy/): 336 days
- [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 336 days
- [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 337 days
- [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 347 days
- [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 347 days
- [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 348 days
- [Sutherland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sutherland-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 348 days
- [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 349 days
- [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 351 days
- [Tamworth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tamworth-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 351 days
- [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 361 days
- [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 364 days
- [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 365 days
- [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 368 days
- [Broken Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broken-hill-hospital/tonsillectomy/): not published
- [Goulburn Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-base-hospital/tonsillectomy/): not published
- [Griffith Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/griffith-base-hospital/tonsillectomy/): not published
- [Kurri Kurri Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kurri-kurri-hospital/tonsillectomy/): not published
- [Mudgee Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mudgee-health-service/tonsillectomy/): not published
- [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/tonsillectomy/): not published

Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 40 days | 0.0% | 101 surgeries |
| 2 | [Murwillumbah District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murwillumbah-district-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 99 days | not published | 27 surgeries |
| 3 | [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 109 days | 12.8% | 94 surgeries |
| 4 | [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 168 days | 30.1% | 93 surgeries |
| 5 | [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 231 days | not published | 45 surgeries |
| 6 | [Cowra Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cowra-health-service/tonsillectomy/) | 235 days | 0.0% | 85 surgeries |
| 7 | [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 237 days | 3.8% | 286 surgeries |
| 8 | [Sydney Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-childrens-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 239 days | 25.8% | 310 surgeries |
| 9 | [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 249 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| 10 | [Lismore Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lismore-base-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 259 days | not published | 41 surgeries |
| 11 | [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/tonsillectomy/) | 261 days | 9.4% | 64 surgeries |
| 12 | [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 273 days | 32.0% | 147 surgeries |
| 13 | [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 298 days | 12.0% | 92 surgeries |
| 14 | [Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 301 days | 9.5% | 116 surgeries |
| 15 | [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 302 days | 0.0% | 120 surgeries |
| 16 | [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/tonsillectomy/) | 308 days | 28.5% | 214 surgeries |
| 17 | [Lachlan Health Service - Forbes](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lachlan-health-service-forbes/tonsillectomy/) | 309 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| 17 | [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 309 days | 13.6% | 88 surgeries |
| 19 | [Ryde Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ryde-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 318 days | not published | 27 surgeries |
| 20 | [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 320 days | 0.0% | 294 surgeries |
| 20 | [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 320 days | not published | 29 surgeries |
| 22 | [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/tonsillectomy/) | 336 days | 20.4% | 186 surgeries |
| 22 | [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 336 days | 10.1% | 405 surgeries |
| 24 | [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 337 days | 12.9% | 186 surgeries |
| 25 | [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 347 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| 25 | [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 347 days | 3.2% | 216 surgeries |
| 27 | [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 348 days | not published | 41 surgeries |
| 27 | [Sutherland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sutherland-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 348 days | 41.7% | 108 surgeries |
| 29 | [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 349 days | 17.5% | 80 surgeries |
| 30 | [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 351 days | 31.3% | 409 surgeries |
| 30 | [Tamworth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tamworth-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 351 days | 25.0% | 104 surgeries |
| 32 | [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 361 days | 46.7% | 227 surgeries |
| 33 | [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 364 days | 43.8% | 192 surgeries |
| 34 | [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 365 days | 50.0% | 188 surgeries |
| 35 | [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 368 days | 51.5% | 204 surgeries |
| unranked | [Broken Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broken-hill-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Goulburn Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-base-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries |
| unranked | [Griffith Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/griffith-base-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Kurri Kurri Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kurri-kurri-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | [Mudgee Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mudgee-health-service/tonsillectomy/) | not published | not published | 9 surgeries |
| unranked | [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/tonsillectomy/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries |

Ranked by area in New South Wales: [near Camperdown](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/camperdown/) · [near Liverpool](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/liverpool/) · [near Penrith](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/penrith/) · [near Randwick](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/randwick/) · [near St Leonards](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/st-leonards/) · [near Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/westmead/).

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> The median wait for tonsillectomy in New South Wales public hospitals was 322 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Tonsillectomy waiting times in New South Wales", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/nsw/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/nsw/)), 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.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — [read what that means](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/), or see [every surgery reported in New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/state/nsw/).

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