Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) waiting times in New South Wales

Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for myringotomy (without insertion of grommets).

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

16 public hospitals in New South Wales reported myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) in 2024–25. The state median was 86 days; the national median was 59 days.

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13 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

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

Nepean Hospital58 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead111 days
Maitland Hospital282 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospitalnot published
Campbelltown Hospitalnot published
Coffs Harbour Hospitalnot published
Dubbo Hospitalnot published
Gosford Hospitalnot published
John Hunter Hospitalnot published
Kurri Kurri Hospitalnot published
Orange Health Servicenot published
Prince of Wales Hospitalnot published
Royal North Shore Hospitalnot published
Royal Prince Alfred Hospitalnot published
Tamworth Hospitalnot published
Wollongong Hospitalnot published

Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Nepean Hospital	58 days	not published	36 surgeries
2	The Children's Hospital at Westmead	111 days	not published	17 surgeries
3	Maitland Hospital	282 days	not published	14 surgeries
unranked	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Campbelltown Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Coffs Harbour Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Dubbo Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Gosford Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	John Hunter Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Kurri Kurri Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Orange Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Prince of Wales Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Royal North Shore Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Tamworth Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Wollongong Hospital	not published	not published	not published

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.