Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) waiting time at Broome Hospital
The median wait for myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) at this public hospital in the Broome area of Western Australia was 78 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
- 78 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 19 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 21 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 81 days in 2023–24 to 78 days in 2024–25 — down 4% — while the national median fell from 69 days to 59 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hedland Health Campus, about 469 km away, at 55 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broome Hospital | 78 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 83 days | 2.7% | 222 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 59 days | 3.5% | 1644 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Broome Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Broome Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 51 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 49 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 42 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 57 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 104 | 55 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 76 | 66 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 91 | 77 |
| 2023–24 | 81 | 88 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 78 | 83 | 59 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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