Grommets waiting times in New South Wales

Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for grommets, published by the source as “Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of”.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

41 public hospitals in New South Wales reported grommets in 2024–25. The state median was 128 days; the national median was 90 days.

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13 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.

Cowra Health Service19 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital63 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital65 days
Nepean Hospital66 days
Dubbo Hospital70 days
Orange Health Service74 days
Liverpool Hospital83 days
Tweed Valley Hospital85 days
Auburn Hospital86 days
St George Hospital NSW91 days
Wollongong Hospital93 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead95 days
Gosford Hospital101 days
Sutherland Hospital102 days
Sydney Children's Hospital137 days
Royal North Shore Hospital144 days
Lismore Base Hospital156 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital167 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital182 days
John Hunter Hospital190 days
Prince of Wales Hospital196 days
Maitland Hospital263 days
Canterbury Hospital265 days
Campbelltown Hospital273 days
Northern Beaches Hospital281 days
Belmont Hospital305 days
Tamworth Hospital321 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital357 days
Bathurst Base Hospitalnot published
Broken Hill Hospitalnot published
Concord Repatriation Hospitalnot published
Griffith Base Hospitalnot published
Hawkesbury Hospitalnot published
Kurri Kurri Hospitalnot published
Lachlan Health Service - Forbesnot published
Moree Hospitalnot published
Mudgee Health Servicenot published
Murwillumbah District Hospitalnot published
Port Macquarie Base Hospitalnot published
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]not published
Westmead Hospitalnot published

Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Cowra Health Service	19 days	not published	17 surgeries
2	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	63 days	not published	14 surgeries
3	Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital	65 days	not published	24 surgeries
4	Nepean Hospital	66 days	0.9%	108 surgeries
5	Dubbo Hospital	70 days	not published	17 surgeries
6	Orange Health Service	74 days	not published	13 surgeries
7	Liverpool Hospital	83 days	not published	20 surgeries
8	Tweed Valley Hospital	85 days	3.1%	65 surgeries
9	Auburn Hospital	86 days	not published	39 surgeries
10	St George Hospital NSW	91 days	not published	15 surgeries
11	Wollongong Hospital	93 days	5.1%	118 surgeries
12	The Children's Hospital at Westmead	95 days	9.6%	135 surgeries
13	Gosford Hospital	101 days	6.0%	117 surgeries
14	Sutherland Hospital	102 days	not published	21 surgeries
15	Sydney Children's Hospital	137 days	14.6%	89 surgeries
16	Royal North Shore Hospital	144 days	not published	27 surgeries
17	Lismore Base Hospital	156 days	not published	12 surgeries
18	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	167 days	not published	32 surgeries
19	Coffs Harbour Hospital	182 days	12.9%	62 surgeries
20	John Hunter Hospital	190 days	not published	48 surgeries
21	Prince of Wales Hospital	196 days	not published	10 surgeries
22	Maitland Hospital	263 days	22.0%	123 surgeries
23	Canterbury Hospital	265 days	not published	17 surgeries
24	Campbelltown Hospital	273 days	not published	25 surgeries
25	Northern Beaches Hospital	281 days	not published	47 surgeries
26	Belmont Hospital	305 days	not published	10 surgeries
27	Tamworth Hospital	321 days	not published	28 surgeries
28	Wagga Wagga Hospital	357 days	31.6%	114 surgeries
unranked	Bathurst Base Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Broken Hill Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Concord Repatriation Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Griffith Base Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Hawkesbury Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Kurri Kurri Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Lachlan Health Service - Forbes	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Moree Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Mudgee Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Murwillumbah District Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Port Macquarie Base Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Westmead Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries

What is not here

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