Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

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: 69 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 177 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 21 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 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
University Hospital Geelong	69 days	0.0%	177 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.

Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 65 km away144 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 66 km away40 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 66 km away114 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 74 km away51 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 79 km away64 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 219 km away23 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	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	66	48	51
2017–18	66	42	49
2018–19	32	33	42
2019–20	30	40	48
2020–21	40	53	55
2021–22	56	55	66
2022–23	88	77	77
2023–24	39	52	69
2024–25	69	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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