Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of waiting time at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of 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: 65 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 24 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 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 Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital	65 days	not published	24 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

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.

Northern Beaches HospitalNSW · about 12 km away281 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 15 km away144 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 16 km away95 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 19 km away86 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 22 km away63 days
Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 24 km away265 days
Sydney Children's HospitalNSW · about 27 km away137 days
Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 27 km away196 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 Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	49	74	58
2017–18	54	71	70
2018–19	99	84	68
2019–20	106	86	73
2020–21	231	98	93
2021–22	39	80	79
2022–23	101	90	84
2023–24	193	107	94
2024–25	65	128	90

What is not here

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

All surgery at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital · Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of across Australia · Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of in New South Wales