Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 106987

Tonsils: Surgery

Tabled: 20 January 2026

Answered: 9 February 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many tonsillectomies were carried out on children in each of the last five years.

Answer

Karin Smyth

A count of finished consultant episodes in England for children aged zero to 17 years old with a primary or secondary procedure of tonsillectomy from 2020/21 to 2024/25 is as follows:between 2020/21 there were 9,706 procedures;between 2021/22 there were 1...

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