Myringotomy waiting time at John Hunter 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: 195 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 57 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 21.1%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 67 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
John Hunter Hospital	195 days	21.1%	57 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.

Belmont HospitalNSW · about 12 km away305 days
Maitland HospitalNSW · about 26 km away263 days
Gosford HospitalNSW · about 64 km away104 days
Northern Beaches HospitalNSW · about 101 km away281 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai HospitalNSW · about 102 km away65 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 110 km away90 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 117 km away95 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 117 km away46 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	John Hunter Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	28	76	49
2012–13	40	68	49
2013–14	94	71	55
2014–15	52	78	56
2015–16	59	69	57
2016–17	57	73	56
2017–18	77	73	66
2018–19	113	84	62
2019–20	112	86	65
2020–21	128	98	76
2021–22	68	79	72
2022–23	99	92	82
2023–24	127	106	88
2024–25	195	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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