Myringotomy waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Lismore area of New South Wales was 156 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

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

Median wait: 156 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 12 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 64 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 83 days in 2011–12 to 156 days in 2024–25 — up 88% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Tweed Valley Hospital, about 75 km away, at 85 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
Lismore Base Hospital	156 days	not published	12 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	120 days	10.3%	1537 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	50 days	0.3%	668 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.

Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 75 km away85 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 150 km away49 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 169 km away181 days
Sunshine Coast University HospitalQLD · about 230 km away57 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 — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Lismore Base Hospital
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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	Lismore Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	83	76	49
2012–13	73	68	49
2013–14	85	71	55
2014–15	36	78	56
2015–16	41	69	57
2016–17	37	73	56
2017–18	55	73	66
2018–19	not published	84	62
2019–20	not published	86	65
2020–21	97	98	76
2021–22	not published	79	72
2022–23	181	92	82
2023–24	59	106	88
2024–25	156	120	80

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

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