Myringotomy waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead

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: 95 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 152 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 9.9%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 80 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 50 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
The Children's Hospital at Westmead	95 days	9.9%	152 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.

Auburn HospitalNSW · about 8 km away86 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 14 km away83 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 15 km away102 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai HospitalNSW · about 16 km away65 days
Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 16 km away265 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 18 km away90 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 20 km away46 days
St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 23 km away91 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

The Children's Hospital at Westmead
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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	The Children's Hospital at Westmead (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	34	76	49
2012–13	29	68	49
2013–14	82	71	55
2014–15	30	78	56
2015–16	71	69	57
2016–17	72	73	56
2017–18	48	73	66
2018–19	not published	84	62
2019–20	89	86	65
2020–21	68	98	76
2021–22	70	79	72
2022–23	138	92	82
2023–24	105	106	88
2024–25	95	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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