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Tonsillectomy waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for tonsillectomy in Victoria public hospitals was 116 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.

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

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4 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 Victoria 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 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 6 days not published 12 surgeries
2 The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital 51 days 14.4% 459 surgeries
3 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 52 days 2.8% 177 surgeries
4 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 55 days 8.0% 301 surgeries
5 Casey Hospital 62 days 5.6% 319 surgeries
6 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 64 days 3.3% 452 surgeries
7 The Alfred 67 days 0.0% 66 surgeries
8 University Hospital Geelong 75 days 0.0% 250 surgeries
9 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 94 days not published 26 surgeries
10 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 95 days 0.7% 276 surgeries
11 St Vincent's On the Park 102 days not published 31 surgeries
12 Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] 110 days 6.9% 87 surgeries
13 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 118 days 15.3% 59 surgeries
14 Frankston Hospital 132 days 5.2% 192 surgeries
15 Blackburn Public Surgical Centre 133 days not published 26 surgeries
16 Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] 145 days 18.7% 541 surgeries
17 South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] 147 days not published 43 surgeries
18 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 160 days not published 35 surgeries
19 Williamstown Hospital 163 days not published 24 surgeries
20 Angliss Hospital 194 days not published 23 surgeries
21 Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] 211 days 24.4% 386 surgeries
22 Box Hill Hospital 230 days 1.2% 253 surgeries
23 Northeast Health Wangaratta 293 days 37.7% 53 surgeries
24 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 313 days 34.3% 99 surgeries
25 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 338 days 40.7% 226 surgeries
26 West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] 389 days 62.0% 71 surgeries
27 Sunshine Hospital 447 days 57.6% 203 surgeries
28 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 450 days 62.4% 101 surgeries
unranked Broadmeadows Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked The Kilmore & District Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published 6 surgeries

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Box Hill · near Clayton · near Fitzroy · near Frankston · near Heidelberg · near St Albans.

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The median wait for tonsillectomy in Victoria public hospitals was 116 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/vic/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

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Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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