Myringotomy waiting time at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Mount Nasura area of Western Australia was 291 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 291 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 33 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 80 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 74 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 27 days in 2011–12 to 291 days in 2024–25 — up 978% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fiona Stanley Hospital, about 18 km away, at 114 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringotomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital	291 days	not published	33 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	90 days	4.7%	830 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	80 days	5.6%	5479 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

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

Fiona Stanley HospitalWA · about 18 km away114 days
Perth Children's HospitalWA · about 26 km away96 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 27 km away10 days
Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalWA · about 27 km away31 days
Rockingham General HospitalWA · about 29 km away88 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)WA · about 50 km away44 days
Bunbury HospitalWA · about 142 km away87 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital
WA
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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	Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	27	48	49
2012–13	22	51	49
2013–14	97	55	55
2014–15	104	65	56
2015–16	237	63	57
2016–17	335	58	56
2017–18	not published	84	66
2018–19	167	86	62
2019–20	126	83	65
2020–21	251	99	76
2021–22	350	85	72
2022–23	76	83	82
2023–24	162	91	88
2024–25	291	90	80

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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