Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) waiting time at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) at this public hospital in the East Melbourne area of Victoria was 40 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: 40 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 119 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 11.8%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 21 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 37 days in 2016–17 to 40 days in 2024–25 — up 8% — while the national median rose from 51 days to 59 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], about 165 km away, at 23 days. Here, 11.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 3.5%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital	40 days	11.8%	119 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	60 days	5.4%	556 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	59 days	3.5%	1644 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 59 days marks the national median.

St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 0 km away114 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 3 km away144 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 9 km away51 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 18 km away64 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 66 km away69 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 165 km away23 days
Northeast Health WangarattaVIC · about 201 km away211 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 (without insertion of grommets), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	37	48	51
2017–18	42	42	49
2018–19	36	33	42
2019–20	38	40	48
2020–21	67	53	55
2021–22	46	55	66
2022–23	70	77	77
2023–24	93	52	69
2024–25	40	60	59

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

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