Eardrum repair waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for eardrum repair in Australian public hospitals was 264 days in 2024–25 — from 66 days at Joondalup Health Campus (Public) to 787 days at Western Hospital [Footscray]. The source publishes this surgery as "Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for eardrum repair in public hospitals was 264 days in 2024–25, from 1627 surgeries. 28.3% of people waited more than 365 days. 58 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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State by state
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Australia | 162 days | 27.8% | 234 surgeries |
| 2 | Victoria | 207 days | 34.2% | 322 surgeries |
| 3 | Queensland | 210 days | 16.1% | 415 surgeries |
| 4 | South Australia | 316 days | 34.5% | 110 surgeries |
| 5 | New South Wales | 330 days | 27.9% | 416 surgeries |
| 6 | Northern Territory | 377 days | 52.8% | 108 surgeries |
| unranked | Tasmania | not published | not published | 22 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- WA
- VIC
- QLD
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | WA (days) | VIC (days) | QLD (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 105 | 84 | 108 | 82 |
| 2012–13 | 123 | 87 | 131 | 84 |
| 2013–14 | 128 | 81 | 140 | 88 |
| 2014–15 | 137 | 85 | 121 | 79 |
| 2015–16 | 173 | 90 | 154 | 109 |
| 2016–17 | 170 | 99 | 104 | 187 |
| 2017–18 | 195 | 169 | 149 | 298 |
| 2018–19 | 200 | 147 | 174 | 147 |
| 2019–20 | 214 | 128 | 164 | 148 |
| 2020–21 | 292 | 189 | 276 | 224 |
| 2021–22 | 259 | 138 | 340 | 196 |
| 2022–23 | 283 | 176 | 293 | 155 |
| 2023–24 | 267 | 155 | 314 | 161 |
| 2024–25 | 264 | 162 | 207 | 210 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for eardrum repair in a public hospital?
The national median was 264 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 162 days in Western Australia to 377 days in Northern Territory.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for eardrum repair?
Of the 58 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Joondalup Health Campus (Public) reported the shortest (66 days) and Western Hospital [Footscray] the longest (787 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
28.3% of people who had eardrum repair in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
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The national median wait for eardrum repair in Australian public hospitals was 264 days in 2024–25, from 66 days at Joondalup Health Campus (Public) to 787 days at Western Hospital [Footscray].
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SurgeryWaits, "Eardrum repair waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/eardrum-repair.svg" width="720" height="352" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Eardrum repair by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.