Myringotomy waiting time at Hedland Health Campus

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Myringotomy 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: 55 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 23 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 80 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 20 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, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Hedland Health Campus	55 days	not published	23 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	90 days	4.7%	830 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	80 days	5.6%	5479 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.

Karratha Health CampusWA · about 186 km away1 day
Broome HospitalWA · about 469 km away102 days
Derby HospitalWA · about 632 km away3 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Hedland Health Campus
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Myringotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Hedland Health Campus (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	46	48	49
2012–13	20	51	49
2013–14	49	55	55
2014–15	34	65	56
2015–16	35	63	57
2016–17	not published	58	56
2017–18	not published	84	66
2018–19	not published	86	62
2019–20	58	83	65
2020–21	not published	99	76
2021–22	37	85	72
2022–23	63	83	82
2023–24	65	91	88
2024–25	55	90	80

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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