Myringotomy waiting time at Tweed Valley 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: 85 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 65 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 3.1%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 38 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
Tweed Valley Hospital	85 days	3.1%	65 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.

Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 75 km away156 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 92 km away49 days
Sunshine Coast University HospitalQLD · about 165 km away57 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 242 km away181 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	Tweed Valley Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not published	76	49
2012–13	not reported for this period	68	49
2013–14	not reported for this period	71	55
2014–15	not reported for this period	78	56
2015–16	not reported for this period	69	57
2016–17	48	73	56
2017–18	44	73	66
2018–19	52	84	62
2019–20	68	86	65
2020–21	75	98	76
2021–22	52	79	72
2022–23	65	92	82
2023–24	84	106	88
2024–25	85	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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