Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Condell Park area of New South Wales was 102 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
102 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
40 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 53 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 141 days in 2016–17 to 102 days in 2024–25 — down 28% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Auburn Hospital, about 8 km away, at 86 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringotomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital102 daysnot published40 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)120 days10.3%1537 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days5.6%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for myringotomy by financial year at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0501001502002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital 102NSW 120Australia 80
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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 periodBankstown Lidcombe Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not published7649
2012–13not reported for this period6849
2013–14not reported for this period7155
2014–15not published7856
2015–16not published6957
2016–171417356
2017–18737366
2018–191818462
2019–20838665
2020–21919876
2021–22837972
2022–231039282
2023–2413810688
2024–2510212080

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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