Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at Cowra Health Service

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Cowra area of New South Wales was 19 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
19 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
17 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 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 47 days in 2016–17 to 19 days in 2024–25 — down 60% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 80 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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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
Cowra Health Service19 daysnot published17 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 Cowra Health Service, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays03163941252011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Cowra Health Service 19NSW 120Australia 80
  • Cowra Health Service
  • NSW
  • Australia
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Myringotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodCowra Health Service (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period7649
2012–13not reported for this period6849
2013–14not reported for this period7155
2014–15not reported for this period7856
2015–16not reported for this period6957
2016–17477356
2017–18557366
2018–19298462
2019–20308665
2020–21239876
2021–22497972
2022–23219282
2023–242710688
2024–251912080

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

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