Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) waiting time at Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) at this public hospital, 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: 23 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 14 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 21 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]	23 days	not published	14 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	60 days	5.4%	556 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	59 days	3.5%	1644 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 59 days marks the national median.

Northeast Health WangarattaVIC · about 81 km away211 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 135 km away31 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 148 km away64 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 158 km away51 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 164 km away144 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 165 km away114 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 165 km away40 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 219 km away69 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	51	48	51
2017–18	31	42	49
2018–19	28	33	42
2019–20	23	40	48
2020–21	27	53	55
2021–22	54	55	66
2022–23	34	77	77
2023–24	26	52	69
2024–25	23	60	59

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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