Myringotomy waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

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: 71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 114 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 31 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
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	71 days	0.0%	114 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	69 days	4.7%	1610 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.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away314 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away293 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 17 km away138 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 17 km away114 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 18 km away40 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 20 km away91 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 21 km away249 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 30 km away69 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	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not published	49	49
2012–13	55	51	49
2013–14	79	61	55
2014–15	94	47	56
2015–16	147	52	57
2016–17	82	50	56
2017–18	74	60	66
2018–19	30	42	62
2019–20	59	42	65
2020–21	139	63	76
2021–22	not published	57	72
2022–23	112	78	82
2023–24	65	79	88
2024–25	71	69	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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