Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of waiting times in Victoria

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

24 public hospitals in Victoria reported Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of in 2024–25. The state median was 78 days; the national median was 90 days.

9 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.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]30 days
Casey Hospital42 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]56 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]63 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]73 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]76 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre90 days
Box Hill Hospital91 days
Angliss Hospital99 days
Frankston Hospital113 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]136 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]161 days
Sunshine Hospital244 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]310 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]329 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]not published
Blackburn Public Surgical Centrenot published
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]not published
Northeast Health Wangarattanot published
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]not published
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]not published
The Alfrednot published
The Kilmore & District Hospitalnot published
Williamstown Hospitalnot published

Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of in Victoria 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	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	30 days	not published	40 surgeries
2	Casey Hospital	42 days	0.7%	135 surgeries
3	Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]	56 days	0.5%	220 surgeries
4	Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]	63 days	not published	30 surgeries
5	Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]	73 days	not published	45 surgeries
6	The Northern Hospital [Epping]	76 days	0.0%	90 surgeries
7	Frankston Public Surgical Centre	90 days	not published	10 surgeries
8	Box Hill Hospital	91 days	not published	37 surgeries
9	Angliss Hospital	99 days	0.0%	66 surgeries
10	Frankston Hospital	113 days	2.4%	82 surgeries
11	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]	136 days	7.8%	115 surgeries
12	West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]	161 days	not published	33 surgeries
13	Sunshine Hospital	244 days	13.6%	66 surgeries
14	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	310 days	not published	24 surgeries
15	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]	329 days	not published	42 surgeries
unranked	Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Blackburn Public Surgical Centre	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Northeast Health Wangaratta	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	The Alfred	not published	not published	not published
unranked	The Kilmore & District Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Williamstown 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.

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