Eardrum repair waiting time at Western Hospital [Footscray]
Median wait, long waits and volumes for eardrum repair — published by the source as “Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty” — at this public hospital in the Footscray area of Victoria, 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
- 787 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 58 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 58 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 84 days in 2013–14 to 787 days in 2024–25 — up 837% — while the national median rose from 128 days to 264 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], about 6 km away, at 175 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Hospital [Footscray] | 787 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 207 days | 34.2% | 322 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 264 days | 28.3% | 1627 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Western Hospital [Footscray]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Western Hospital [Footscray] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 108 | 105 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 131 | 123 |
| 2013–14 | 84 | 140 | 128 |
| 2014–15 | 32 | 121 | 137 |
| 2015–16 | 60 | 154 | 173 |
| 2016–17 | 50 | 104 | 170 |
| 2017–18 | 85 | 149 | 195 |
| 2018–19 | 218 | 174 | 200 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 164 | 214 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 276 | 292 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 340 | 259 |
| 2022–23 | 480 | 293 | 283 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 314 | 267 |
| 2024–25 | 787 | 207 | 264 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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