Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at Alice Springs Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Alice Springs area of Northern Territory was 61 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
61 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
14 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 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 26 days in 2011–12 to 61 days in 2024–25 — up 135% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 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
Alice Springs Hospital61 daysnot published14 surgeries
Northern Territory (all public hospitals)not publishednot published95 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days5.6%5479 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

No other public hospital within 1,000 km published a figure for this surgery in this period.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for myringotomy by financial year at Alice Springs Hospital, compared with Northern Territory and Australiadays03163941252011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Alice Springs Hospital 61NT 99Australia 80
  • Alice Springs 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 periodAlice Springs Hospital (days)NT (days)Australia (days)
2011–12264349
2012–1357349
2013–1466155
2014–15not published11356
2015–162411757
2016–17not published3456
2017–18not published2666
2018–19not published6462
2019–20613265
2020–21not published5676
2021–22not publishednot published72
2022–2324not published82
2023–241149988
2024–2561not published80

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

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