Surgery Waits

Grommets waiting time at Riverland General 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 Berri area of South Australia, 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
Riverland General Hospitalnot publishednot publishednot published
South Australia (all public hospitals)78 days2.2%580 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)90 days6.5%3835 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Riverland General 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 Riverland General Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25SA 78Australia 90
  • Riverland General Hospital
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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 periodRiverland General Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published4658
2017–18not reported for this period6770
2018–19not reported for this period5468
2019–20not reported for this period5673
2020–21not reported for this periodnot reported for this period93
2021–22not reported for this periodnot reported for this period79
2022–23not reported for this periodnot reported for this period84
2023–24not reported for this period8594
2024–25not published7890

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