Surgery Waits

Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) waiting time at Nepean Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) at this public hospital in the Cambridge Park area of New South Wales was 58 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
58 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
36 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 10 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 89 days in 2016–17 to 58 days in 2024–25 — down 35% — while the national median rose from 51 days to 59 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], about 438 km away, at 31 days.

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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
Nepean Hospital58 daysnot published36 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)86 days8.3%109 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)60 days5.4%556 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 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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

Median wait for myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) by financial year at Nepean Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Nepean Hospital 58NSW 86Australia 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 periodNepean Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17897151
2017–18917849
2018–192377742
2019–20707748
2020–217612055
2021–2266not published66
2022–2396not published77
2023–24969769
2024–25588659

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

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