Myringotomy waiting time at Orange Health Service

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Spring Creek area of New South Wales was 72 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: 72 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 14 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 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 74 days in 2011–12 to 72 days in 2024–25 — down 3% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Cowra Health Service, about 68 km away, at 19 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
Orange Health Service	72 days	not published	14 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	120 days	10.3%	1537 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.

Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 68 km away19 days
Dubbo HospitalNSW · about 128 km away43 days
Nepean HospitalNSW · about 158 km away66 days
Campbelltown HospitalNSW · about 180 km away260 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 183 km away83 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 184 km away95 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 189 km away86 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 191 km away102 days

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

How the wait has changed

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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	Orange Health Service (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	74	76	49
2012–13	85	68	49
2013–14	66	71	55
2014–15	71	78	56
2015–16	56	69	57
2016–17	39	73	56
2017–18	not published	73	66
2018–19	26	84	62
2019–20	73	86	65
2020–21	95	98	76
2021–22	20	79	72
2022–23	39	92	82
2023–24	55	106	88
2024–25	72	120	80

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

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