Grommets waiting time at Coffs Harbour Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for grommets — published by the source as “Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of” — at this public hospital in the North Boambee Valley area of New South Wales, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
- Median wait
- 182 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 62 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 12.9%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 51 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 80 days in 2016–17 to 182 days in 2024–25 — up 127% — while the national median rose from 58 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lismore Base Hospital, about 169 km away, at 156 days. Here, 12.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour Hospital | 182 days | 12.9% | 62 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 128 days | 10.5% | 1428 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 6.5% | 3835 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Coffs Harbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Coffs Harbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 80 | 74 | 58 |
| 2017–18 | 83 | 71 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | 90 | 84 | 68 |
| 2019–20 | 90 | 86 | 73 |
| 2020–21 | 172 | 98 | 93 |
| 2021–22 | 194 | 80 | 79 |
| 2022–23 | 165 | 90 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 216 | 107 | 94 |
| 2024–25 | 182 | 128 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Coffs Harbour Hospital · Grommets across Australia · Grommets in New South Wales