Myringotomy waiting time at Wagga Wagga 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: 357 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 114 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 31.6%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 80 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
Wagga Wagga Hospital	357 days	31.6%	114 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	120 days	10.3%	1537 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.

Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 121 km away31 days
Northeast Health WangarattaVIC · about 167 km away197 days
Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 188 km away19 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 224 km away23 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	Wagga Wagga Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	245	76	49
2012–13	243	68	49
2013–14	233	71	55
2014–15	265	78	56
2015–16	217	69	57
2016–17	312	73	56
2017–18	184	73	66
2018–19	71	84	62
2019–20	96	86	65
2020–21	70	98	76
2021–22	25	79	72
2022–23	77	92	82
2023–24	222	106	88
2024–25	357	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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