Surgery Waits

Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) waiting time at Hedland Health Campus

The median wait for myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) at this public hospital in the South Hedland area of Western Australia was 55 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
55 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
23 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 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 37 days in 2021–22 to 55 days in 2024–25 — up 49% — while the national median fell from 66 days to 59 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Karratha Health Campus, about 186 km away, at 1 day.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets), 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Hedland Health Campus55 daysnot published23 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)83 days2.7%222 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)59 days3.5%1644 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 59 days marks the national median.

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

Median wait for myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) by financial year at Hedland Health Campus, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Hedland Health Campus 55WA 83Australia 59
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodHedland Health Campus (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not publishednot published51
2017–18not publishednot published49
2018–19not publishednot published42
2019–20not published5748
2020–21not published10455
2021–22377666
2022–23639177
2023–24658869
2024–25558359

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

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