Grommets waiting time at Perth Children's Hospital
The median wait for grommets — published by the source as "Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of" — at this public hospital in the Crawley area of Western Australia was 95 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
- 95 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 327 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 6.7%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 37 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 91 days in 2018–19 to 95 days in 2024–25 — up 4% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 0 km away, at 21 days. Here, 6.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Children's Hospital | 95 days | 6.7% | 327 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 91 days | 5.4% | 608 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 6.5% | 3835 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Perth Children's Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Perth Children's Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 60 | 58 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 87 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | 91 | 87 | 68 |
| 2019–20 | 84 | 85 | 73 |
| 2020–21 | 116 | 98 | 93 |
| 2021–22 | 90 | 86 | 79 |
| 2022–23 | 83 | 83 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 92 | 91 | 94 |
| 2024–25 | 95 | 91 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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