Eardrum repair waiting time at Katherine Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for eardrum repair — published by the source as “Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty” — at this public hospital in the Katherine area of Northern Territory, 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
- 391 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 58 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 49 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 2011–12 to 391 days in 2024–25 — up 389% — while the national median rose from 105 days to 264 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Palmerston Regional Hospital, about 258 km away, at 326 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Hospital | 391 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | 377 days | 52.8% | 108 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 162 days | 27.8% | 234 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 264 days | 28.3% | 1627 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Katherine Hospital
- NT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Katherine Hospital (days) | NT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 80 | 92 | 105 |
| 2012–13 | 104 | 143 | 123 |
| 2013–14 | 91 | 155 | 128 |
| 2014–15 | 124 | 243 | 137 |
| 2015–16 | 79 | 202 | 173 |
| 2016–17 | 90 | 234 | 170 |
| 2017–18 | 73 | 76 | 195 |
| 2018–19 | 75 | 128 | 200 |
| 2019–20 | 111 | not published | 214 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 292 |
| 2021–22 | 329 | not published | 259 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not published | 283 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 267 |
| 2024–25 | 391 | 377 | 264 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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