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Myringotomy waiting times in New South Wales

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

41 public hospitals in New South Wales reported Myringotomy in 2024–25. The state median was 120 days; the national median was 80 days.

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 80 days marks the national median.

Myringotomy 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 Dubbo Hospital 43 days not published 19 surgeries
3 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 46 days not published 18 surgeries
4 Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital 65 days not published 24 surgeries
5 Nepean Hospital 66 days 0.7% 144 surgeries
6 Orange Health Service 72 days not published 14 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 Royal North Shore Hospital 90 days not published 30 surgeries
11 St George Hospital NSW 91 days not published 15 surgeries
12 Wollongong Hospital 92 days 5.0% 119 surgeries
13 The Children's Hospital at Westmead 95 days 9.9% 152 surgeries
14 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital 102 days not published 40 surgeries
14 Sutherland Hospital 102 days not published 21 surgeries
16 Gosford Hospital 104 days 5.7% 123 surgeries
17 Sydney Children's Hospital 137 days 14.6% 89 surgeries
18 Lismore Base Hospital 156 days not published 12 surgeries
19 Coffs Harbour Hospital 181 days 12.7% 63 surgeries
20 John Hunter Hospital 195 days 21.1% 57 surgeries
21 Campbelltown Hospital 260 days not published 26 surgeries
22 Maitland Hospital 263 days 23.4% 137 surgeries
23 Canterbury Hospital 265 days not published 17 surgeries
24 Northern Beaches Hospital 281 days not published 47 surgeries
25 Belmont Hospital 305 days not published 10 surgeries
26 Prince of Wales Hospital 307 days not published 11 surgeries
27 Tamworth Hospital 319 days not published 30 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

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

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