Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) waiting time at Northeast Health Wangaratta

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: 211 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 12 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 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 (without insertion of grommets), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Northeast Health Wangaratta	211 days	not published	12 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.

Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 56 km away31 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 81 km away23 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 185 km away64 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 192 km away51 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 200 km away114 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 201 km away40 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 201 km away144 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	Northeast Health Wangaratta (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	30	48	51
2017–18	29	42	49
2018–19	26	33	42
2019–20	73	40	48
2020–21	40	53	55
2021–22	not published	55	66
2022–23	45	77	77
2023–24	85	52	69
2024–25	211	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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