Myringotomy waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Myringotomy, 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 Myringotomy in public hospitals was 80 days in 2024–25, from 5479 surgeries. 5.6% of people waited more than 365 days. 80 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.

Queensland50 days
Victoria69 days
South Australia77 days
Tasmania81 days
Western Australia90 days
New South Wales120 days
Northern Territorynot published

Myringotomy 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	Queensland	50 days	0.3%	668 surgeries
2	Victoria	69 days	4.7%	1610 surgeries
3	South Australia	77 days	2.2%	599 surgeries
4	Tasmania	81 days	5.0%	140 surgeries
5	Western Australia	90 days	4.7%	830 surgeries
6	New South Wales	120 days	10.3%	1537 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	95 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
QLD
VIC
SA

View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Myringotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	QLD (days)	VIC (days)	SA (days)
2011–12	49	31	49	43
2012–13	49	36	51	42
2013–14	55	47	61	35
2014–15	56	51	47	56
2015–16	57	50	52	57
2016–17	56	50	50	48
2017–18	66	60	60	63
2018–19	62	59	42	54
2019–20	65	51	42	61
2020–21	76	33	63	70
2021–22	72	49	57	74
2022–23	82	85	78	70
2023–24	88	70	79	84
2024–25	80	50	69	77

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.