Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) waiting times in Western Australia

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

16 public hospitals in Western Australia reported Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) in 2024–25. The state median was 83 days; the national median was 59 days.

11 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 59 days marks the national median.

Karratha Health Campus1 day
St John of God Midland Public Hospital10 days
Hedland Health Campus55 days
Broome Hospital78 days
Bunbury Hospital87 days
Esperance Hospitalnot published
Fiona Stanley Hospitalnot published
Fremantle Hospital and Health Servicenot published
Geraldton Hospitalnot published
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)not published
Kununurra Hospitalnot published
Osborne Park Hospitalnot published
Peel Health Campusnot published
Perth Children's Hospitalnot published
Rockingham General Hospitalnot published
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospitalnot published

Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) in Western Australia 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	Karratha Health Campus	1 day	not published	11 surgeries
2	St John of God Midland Public Hospital	10 days	not published	12 surgeries
3	Hedland Health Campus	55 days	not published	23 surgeries
4	Broome Hospital	78 days	not published	19 surgeries
5	Bunbury Hospital	87 days	1.6%	122 surgeries
unranked	Esperance Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Fiona Stanley Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Geraldton Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Joondalup Health Campus (Public)	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Kununurra Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Osborne Park Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Peel Health Campus	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Perth Children's Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Rockingham General Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	not published	not published	not published

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state.