Myringotomy waiting time at Prince of Wales Hospital

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: 307 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 11 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 77 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
Prince of Wales Hospital	307 days	not published	11 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	120 days	10.3%	1537 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.

Sydney Children's HospitalNSW · about 0 km away137 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 6 km away46 days
St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 11 km away91 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 12 km away90 days
Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 13 km away265 days
Sutherland HospitalNSW · about 17 km away102 days
Northern Beaches HospitalNSW · about 19 km away281 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 20 km away86 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, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Prince of Wales Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not published	76	49
2012–13	not reported for this period	68	49
2013–14	not published	71	55
2014–15	not published	78	56
2015–16	not reported for this period	69	57
2016–17	not published	73	56
2017–18	not published	73	66
2018–19	not published	84	62
2019–20	not published	86	65
2020–21	not published	98	76
2021–22	not published	79	72
2022–23	not published	92	82
2023–24	not published	106	88
2024–25	307	120	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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