Myringotomy waiting time at Liverpool 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: 83 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 20 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 37 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
Liverpool Hospital	83 days	not published	20 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.

Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 8 km away102 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 12 km away86 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 14 km away95 days
Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 15 km away265 days
St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 19 km away91 days
Campbelltown HospitalNSW · about 21 km away260 days
Sutherland HospitalNSW · about 21 km away102 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 24 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	Liverpool Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	76	76	49
2012–13	not published	68	49
2013–14	314	71	55
2014–15	307	78	56
2015–16	111	69	57
2016–17	79	73	56
2017–18	82	73	66
2018–19	88	84	62
2019–20	114	86	65
2020–21	269	98	76
2021–22	87	79	72
2022–23	103	92	82
2023–24	87	106	88
2024–25	83	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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