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Tonsillectomy at North Canberra Hospital

North Canberra Hospital is a public hospital in the Bruce area, Australian Capital Territory. This page shows its waiting times for Tonsillectomy in 2024–25, beside the figures for Australian Capital Territory and for Australia.

The source publishes this surgery as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)".

Figures for this hospital

Each tile shows one figure for Tonsillectomy at North Canberra Hospital.

A rank compares this hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.

Median wait, North Canberra Hospital
136 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank42nd of 114 nationally

Change on the year before+44 days

Waiting more than 365 days, North Canberra Hospital
not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, North Canberra Hospital
24 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Compared with the state and Australia

The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Tonsillectomy. They are never ranked.

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Tonsillectomy: North Canberra Hospital, Australian Capital Territory and Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Who the figures coverMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
North Canberra Hospital136 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure24 surgeries
Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals)302 days46.0%215 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)182 days17.0%16,182 surgeries

Shorter waits nearby

North Canberra Hospital has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. No hospital on that list published a shorter median wait for Tonsillectomy in 2024–25.

How this hospital's wait has changed

The median wait for Tonsillectomy at North Canberra Hospital has risen from 92 days in 2023–24 to 136 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2023–24, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.

Each chart shows the median wait for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.

Tonsillectomy: median wait by financial year, North Canberra Hospital2023–24 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
0501001502023–242024–25
  • North Canberra Hospital
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Tonsillectomy: median wait by financial year, North Canberra Hospital2023–24 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearNorth Canberra Hospital
2023–2492 days
2024–25136 days
Tonsillectomy: median wait by financial year, Australian Capital Territory2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
01002003004002011–122014–152018–192021–222024–25
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Tonsillectomy: median wait by financial year, Australian Capital Territory2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearAustralian Capital Territory
2011–12177 days
2012–13170 days
2013–14342 days
2014–15251 days
2016–17233 days
2017–18326 days
2018–1950 days
2019–20313 days
2020–21394 days
2021–22329 days
2022–23187 days
2023–24156 days
2024–25302 days
Tonsillectomy: median wait by financial year, Australia2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
01002003002012–132015–162018–192021–222024–25
  • Australia
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Tonsillectomy: median wait by financial year, Australia2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearAustralia
2011–1298 days
2012–1398 days
2013–1499 days
2014–15124 days
2015–16120 days
2016–1797 days
2017–18121 days
2018–19125 days
2019–20130 days
2020–21253 days
2021–22168 days
2022–23174 days
2023–24185 days
2024–25182 days

All planned surgery at North Canberra Hospital

Tonsillectomy at every public hospital in Australia

Tonsillectomy in Australian Capital Territory

What this page leaves out

Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.

Before you use these figures

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Where this data comes from

  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/