Surgery Waits

Grommets waiting time at Gove Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for grommets — published by the source as "Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of" — at this public hospital in the Nhulunbuy area of Northern Territory, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

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

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

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Gove Hospitalnot publishednot publishednot published
Northern Territory (all public hospitals)not publishednot published25 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)90 days6.5%3835 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Gove Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of by financial year at Gove Hospital, compared with Northern Territory and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Gove Hospital 46NT 32Australia 90
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodGove Hospital (days)NT (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published3558
2017–18462670
2018–19not published6468
2019–20not published3273
2020–21not publishednot published93
2021–22not publishednot published79
2022–23not publishednot published84
2023–24not publishednot published94
2024–25not publishednot published90

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

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