--- title: "Tonsillectomy waiting times in Western Australia" description: "Public hospitals in Western Australia ranked by median wait for Tonsillectomy in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/wa/" --- # Tonsillectomy waiting times in Western Australia The median wait for tonsillectomy in Western Australia public hospitals was **183 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. 18 public hospitals in Western Australia 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. 2 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. - [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 46 days - [Joondalup Health Campus (Public)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/joondalup-health-campus-public/tonsillectomy/): 87 days - [Osborne Park Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/osborne-park-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 105 days - [Rockingham General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/rockingham-general-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 120 days - [St John of God Midland Public Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-john-of-god-midland-public-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 129 days - [Perth Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/perth-childrens-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 134 days - [Albany Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albany-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 145 days - [Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-perth-hospital-wellington-street-campus/tonsillectomy/): 183 days - [Fiona Stanley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fiona-stanley-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 197 days - [Geraldton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/geraldton-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 208 days - [Bentley Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bentley-health-service/tonsillectomy/): 228 days - [Broome Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 277 days - [Bunbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bunbury-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 306 days - [Peel Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peel-health-campus/tonsillectomy/): 307 days - [Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armadale-kelmscott-memorial-hospital/tonsillectomy/): 328 days - [Fremantle Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fremantle-hospital-and-health-service/tonsillectomy/): 393 days - [Derby Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/tonsillectomy/): not published - [Kununurra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kununurra-hospital/tonsillectomy/): not published Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) in Western Australia 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 | [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 46 days | not published | 36 surgeries | | 2 | [Joondalup Health Campus (Public)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/joondalup-health-campus-public/tonsillectomy/) | 87 days | 0.0% | 124 surgeries | | 3 | [Osborne Park Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/osborne-park-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 105 days | not published | 21 surgeries | | 4 | [Rockingham General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/rockingham-general-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 120 days | not published | 18 surgeries | | 5 | [St John of God Midland Public Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-john-of-god-midland-public-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 129 days | not published | 33 surgeries | | 6 | [Perth Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/perth-childrens-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 134 days | 43.0% | 667 surgeries | | 7 | [Albany Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albany-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 145 days | not published | 45 surgeries | | 8 | [Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-perth-hospital-wellington-street-campus/tonsillectomy/) | 183 days | not published | 48 surgeries | | 9 | [Fiona Stanley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fiona-stanley-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 197 days | 43.8% | 178 surgeries | | 10 | [Geraldton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/geraldton-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 208 days | not published | 37 surgeries | | 11 | [Bentley Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bentley-health-service/tonsillectomy/) | 228 days | not published | 21 surgeries | | 12 | [Broome Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 277 days | not published | 24 surgeries | | 13 | [Bunbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bunbury-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 306 days | 35.0% | 137 surgeries | | 14 | [Peel Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peel-health-campus/tonsillectomy/) | 307 days | not published | 33 surgeries | | 15 | [Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armadale-kelmscott-memorial-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 328 days | not published | 47 surgeries | | 16 | [Fremantle Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fremantle-hospital-and-health-service/tonsillectomy/) | 393 days | 68.0% | 97 surgeries | | unranked | [Derby Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries | | unranked | [Kununurra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kununurra-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | Ranked by area in Western Australia: [near Murdoch](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/murdoch/) · [near Nedlands](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/nedlands/) · [near the Perth CBD](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/near/perth-cbd/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for tonsillectomy in Western Australia public hospitals was 183 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Tonsillectomy waiting times in Western Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/wa/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/wa/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/wa/)), 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 Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/state/wa/). ## 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/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/wa/.