Myringotomy waiting time at Lismore Base 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: 156 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 12 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 64 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
Lismore Base Hospital	156 days	not published	12 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	120 days	10.3%	1537 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	50 days	0.3%	668 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.

Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 75 km away85 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 150 km away49 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 169 km away181 days
Sunshine Coast University HospitalQLD · about 230 km away57 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

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	Lismore Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	83	76	49
2012–13	73	68	49
2013–14	85	71	55
2014–15	36	78	56
2015–16	41	69	57
2016–17	37	73	56
2017–18	55	73	66
2018–19	not published	84	62
2019–20	not published	86	65
2020–21	97	98	76
2021–22	not published	79	72
2022–23	181	92	82
2023–24	59	106	88
2024–25	156	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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