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

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

15 public hospitals in Western Australia reported Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of in 2024–25. The state median was 91 days; the national median was 90 days.

5 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.

Derby Hospital3 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital21 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)39 days
Geraldton Hospital56 days
Kununurra Hospital67 days
Rockingham General Hospital88 days
Albany Hospital91 days
Perth Children's Hospital95 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital108 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital291 days
Broome Hospitalnot published
Esperance Hospitalnot published
Fremantle Hospital and Health Servicenot published
Katanning Hospitalnot published
Osborne Park Hospitalnot published

Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of 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	Derby Hospital	3 days	not published	18 surgeries
2	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	21 days	not published	10 surgeries
3	Joondalup Health Campus (Public)	39 days	not published	41 surgeries
4	Geraldton Hospital	56 days	not published	19 surgeries
5	Kununurra Hospital	67 days	not published	10 surgeries
6	Rockingham General Hospital	88 days	0.0%	98 surgeries
7	Albany Hospital	91 days	not published	11 surgeries
8	Perth Children's Hospital	95 days	6.7%	327 surgeries
9	Fiona Stanley Hospital	108 days	not published	28 surgeries
10	Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital	291 days	not published	33 surgeries
unranked	Broome Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Esperance Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Katanning Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Osborne Park 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.