Eardrum repair waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for eardrum repair — published by the source as “Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty” — at this public hospital in the North Adelaide area of South Australia, 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
- 335 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 35 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 149 days in 2011–12 to 335 days in 2024–25 — up 125% — while the national median rose from 105 days to 264 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 13 km away, at 273 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's and Children's Hospital | 335 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 316 days | 34.5% | 110 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
- Women's and Children's Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Women's and Children's Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 149 | 63 | 105 |
| 2012–13 | 332 | not published | 123 |
| 2013–14 | 298 | not published | 128 |
| 2014–15 | 240 | not published | 137 |
| 2015–16 | 338 | not published | 173 |
| 2016–17 | 74 | not published | 170 |
| 2017–18 | 326 | not published | 195 |
| 2018–19 | 87 | 180 | 200 |
| 2019–20 | 342 | 330 | 214 |
| 2020–21 | 347 | 342 | 292 |
| 2021–22 | 362 | 336 | 259 |
| 2022–23 | 362 | 351 | 283 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 154 | 267 |
| 2024–25 | 335 | 316 | 264 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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