WaitFinder

Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty, nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty in public hospitals was 264 days in 2024–25, from 1627 surgeries. 28.3% of people waited more than 365 days. 58 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 264 days marks the national median.

Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank State or territory Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Western Australia 162 days 27.8% 234 surgeries
2 Victoria 207 days 34.2% 322 surgeries
3 Queensland 210 days 16.1% 415 surgeries
4 South Australia 316 days 34.5% 110 surgeries
5 New South Wales 330 days 27.9% 416 surgeries
6 Northern Territory 377 days 52.8% 108 surgeries
unranked Tasmania not published not published 22 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Australia 264WA 162VIC 207QLD 210
  • Australia
  • WA
  • VIC
  • QLD
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Median wait in days for Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)WA (days)VIC (days)QLD (days)
2011–121058410882
2012–131238713184
2013–141288114088
2014–151378512179
2015–1617390154109
2016–1717099104187
2017–18195169149298
2018–19200147174147
2019–20214128164148
2020–21292189276224
2021–22259138340196
2022–23283176293155
2023–24267155314161
2024–25264162207210

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.