Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of waiting time at Sydney Children's 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: 137 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 89 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 14.6%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 46 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
Sydney Children's Hospital	137 days	14.6%	89 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.

Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 0 km away196 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 6 km away63 days
St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 11 km away91 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 12 km away144 days
Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 13 km away265 days
Sutherland HospitalNSW · about 18 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 Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Sydney Children's Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	85	74	58
2017–18	83	71	70
2018–19	100	84	68
2019–20	116	86	73
2020–21	87	98	93
2021–22	146	80	79
2022–23	110	90	84
2023–24	113	107	94
2024–25	137	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 Sydney Children's Hospital · Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of across Australia · Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of in New South Wales