Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at St George Hospital NSW

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Kogarah area of New South Wales was 91 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
91 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
15 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 45 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 41 days in 2011–12 to 91 days in 2024–25 — up 122% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 10 km away, at 46 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
St George Hospital NSW91 daysnot published15 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 St George Hospital NSW, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays03163941252011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25St George Hospital NSW 91NSW 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 periodSt George Hospital NSW (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12417649
2012–13226849
2013–14not published7155
2014–15not published7856
2015–16not published6957
2016–17137356
2017–18not published7366
2018–19not published8462
2019–20298665
2020–21not published9876
2021–22not published7972
2022–23not published9282
2023–243610688
2024–259112080

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

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