Tonsillectomy at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital is a public hospital in the Herston area, Queensland. This page shows its waiting times for Tonsillectomy in 2024–25, beside the figures for Queensland 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 Royal Brisbane & Women's 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, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
- 123 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank33rd of 114 nationally
Change on the year before+33 days
- Waiting more than 365 days, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
- not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
- 30 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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| Who the figures cover | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | 123 days | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 30 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 115 days | 4.9% | 3,023 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 17.0% | 16,182 surgeries |
Shorter waits nearby
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. The open hospitals below come from that list, nearest first, and each published a shorter median wait for Tonsillectomy than Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital did. Each distance is measured in a straight line.
- Queensland Children's Hospital4 kilometres away80 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Princess Alexandra Hospital6 kilometres away56 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
How this hospital's wait has changed
The median wait for Tonsillectomy at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital has risen from 25 days in 2011–12 to 123 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2011–12, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.
How the wait has changed
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.
- Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
- Queensland
- Australia
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| Financial year | Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | Queensland | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 25 days | 61 days | 98 days |
| 2012–13 | 22 days | 56 days | 98 days |
| 2013–14 | 26 days | 56 days | 99 days |
| 2014–15 | 21 days | 73 days | 124 days |
| 2015–16 | 215 days | 80 days | 120 days |
| 2016–17 | 91 days | 88 days | 97 days |
| 2017–18 | 60 days | 175 days | 121 days |
| 2018–19 | 63 days | 173 days | 125 days |
| 2019–20 | 84 days | 90 days | 130 days |
| 2020–21 | 349 days | 232 days | 253 days |
| 2021–22 | 22 days | 102 days | 168 days |
| 2022–23 | 81 days | 110 days | 174 days |
| 2023–24 | 90 days | 104 days | 185 days |
| 2024–25 | 123 days | 115 days | 182 days |
More on this page's subjects
All planned surgery at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
What this page leaves out
Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.
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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/