Myringotomy waiting time at Gosford Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Myringotomy at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 104 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 123 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 5.7%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 80 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 56 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringotomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Gosford Hospital	104 days	5.7%	123 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	120 days	10.3%	1537 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	80 days	5.6%	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.

Hornsby Ku-ring-gai HospitalNSW · about 38 km away65 days
Northern Beaches HospitalNSW · about 38 km away281 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 47 km away90 days
Belmont HospitalNSW · about 52 km away305 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 53 km away95 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 54 km away46 days
Sydney Children's HospitalNSW · about 56 km away137 days
Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 56 km away307 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, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Gosford Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not published	76	49
2012–13	not published	68	49
2013–14	not published	71	55
2014–15	not published	78	56
2015–16	not published	69	57
2016–17	not published	73	56
2017–18	not published	73	66
2018–19	not published	84	62
2019–20	85	86	65
2020–21	188	98	76
2021–22	82	79	72
2022–23	91	92	82
2023–24	71	106	88
2024–25	104	120	80

What is not here

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

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