Myringotomy waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria was 32 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: 32 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 49 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 10 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 21 days in 2011–12 to 32 days in 2024–25 — up 52% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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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
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	32 days	not published	49 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	69 days	4.7%	1610 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.

University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away69 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 88 km away249 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 101 km away138 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 103 km away114 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 103 km away40 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 103 km away71 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 108 km away314 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 109 km away293 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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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	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	21	49	49
2012–13	53	51	49
2013–14	41	61	55
2014–15	34	47	56
2015–16	43	52	57
2016–17	54	50	56
2017–18	55	60	66
2018–19	33	42	62
2019–20	26	42	65
2020–21	116	63	76
2021–22	36	57	72
2022–23	39	78	82
2023–24	24	79	88
2024–25	32	69	80

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

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