Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at Gosford Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Gosford area of New South Wales was 104 days in 2024–25.

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

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

Median wait
104 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
123 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
5.7%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 56 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 85 days in 2019–20 to 104 days in 2024–25 — up 22% — while the national median rose from 65 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, about 38 km away, at 65 days. Here, 5.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.6%.

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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
Gosford Hospital104 days5.7%123 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)120 days10.3%1537 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days5.6%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.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for myringotomy by financial year at Gosford Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0501001502002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Gosford Hospital 104NSW 120Australia 80
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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 periodGosford Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not published7649
2012–13not published6849
2013–14not published7155
2014–15not published7856
2015–16not published6957
2016–17not published7356
2017–18not published7366
2018–19not published8462
2019–20858665
2020–211889876
2021–22827972
2022–23919282
2023–247110688
2024–2510412080

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

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