Myringotomy waiting time at Sunshine Coast University 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: 57 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 55 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.8%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 22 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
Sunshine Coast University Hospital	57 days	1.8%	55 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.

Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 82 km away49 days
Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 165 km away85 days
Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 230 km away156 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 397 km away181 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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	Sunshine Coast University Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	31	49
2012–13	not reported for this period	36	49
2013–14	not reported for this period	47	55
2014–15	not reported for this period	51	56
2015–16	not reported for this period	50	57
2016–17	45	50	56
2017–18	not published	60	66
2018–19	51	59	62
2019–20	65	51	65
2020–21	36	33	76
2021–22	42	49	72
2022–23	83	85	82
2023–24	85	70	88
2024–25	57	50	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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