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Tonsillectomy near Elizabeth Vale

Tonsillectomy near Elizabeth Vale: planned surgery waiting times. Hospitals listed here with a median wait in 2024–25: 3.

This page lists public hospitals of the Northern Adelaide network within 25 kilometres of Lyell McEwin Hospital.

It also lists public hospitals outside that network within 25 kilometres of one of them.

National figures

These figures cover every public hospital in Australia that reported this surgery. A national figure is never ranked.

Median wait, Australia
182 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
17.0%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, Australia
16,182 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Hospitals near Elizabeth Vale

The shortest median wait comes first. A hospital with no published median wait follows, in name order, and has no rank.

A rank compares a 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.

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Tonsillectomy: public hospitals near Elizabeth Vale2024–25, released 19 August 2026
HospitalMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Women's and Children's Hospital97 daysRank 24th of 114 nationally5.9%Rank 21st of 69 nationally421 surgeries
Lyell McEwin Hospital120 daysRank 31st of 114 nationally10.2%Rank 29th of 69 nationally167 surgeries
Modbury Hospital212 daysRank 58th of 114 nationallynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure41 surgeries

Each chart shows one figure 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.

The charts show Australia and South Australia, where these hospitals are.

Tonsillectomy: median wait by financial year2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
01002003002012–132015–162018–192021–222024–25
  • Australia
  • South Australia
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Tonsillectomy: median wait by financial year2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearAustraliaSouth Australia
2011–1298 days64 days
2012–1398 days69 days
2013–1499 days71 days
2014–15124 days76 days
2015–16120 days87 days
2016–1797 days67 days
2017–18121 days86 days
2018–19125 days84 days
2019–20130 days92 days
2020–21253 days98 days
2021–22168 days138 days
2022–23174 days118 days
2023–24185 days140 days
2024–25182 days111 days

All of Australia: Tonsillectomy

Tonsillectomy in South Australia

Nearby places

The same surgery near other places in South Australia.

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 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
    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/