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Tonsillectomy waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for tonsillectomy in Queensland public hospitals was 115 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.

16 public hospitals in Queensland reported tonsillectomy in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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.

3 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.

Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in Queensland 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 Cairns Hospital 47 days 0.0% 158 surgeries
2 Princess Alexandra Hospital 56 days not published 10 surgeries
3 Ipswich Hospital 76 days 2.8% 254 surgeries
4 Queensland Children's Hospital 80 days 1.9% 961 surgeries
5 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 123 days not published 30 surgeries
6 Townsville University Hospital 139 days 11.9% 177 surgeries
7 Sunshine Coast University Hospital 160 days 0.0% 501 surgeries
8 Toowoomba Hospital 212 days 10.9% 165 surgeries
9 Gold Coast University Hospital 266 days 1.3% 234 surgeries
9 Redcliffe Hospital 266 days not published 18 surgeries
11 Logan Hospital 278 days 21.7% 240 surgeries
12 Mater Adult Hospital 293 days 11.5% 52 surgeries
13 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service 339 days 6.5% 170 surgeries
unranked Gympie Hospital not published not published 44 surgeries
unranked Longreach Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Mackay Base Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Queensland: near Herston · near Woolloongabba.

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The median wait for tonsillectomy in Queensland public hospitals was 115 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Tonsillectomy waiting times in Queensland", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/qld/), 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. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Queensland.