Eardrum drainage waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
Half of patients at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] waited 32 days or less for eardrum drainage in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Myringotomy". This public hospital is in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria.
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
| 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 Geelong, VIC · about 80 km away: 69 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 88 km away: 249 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 101 km away: 138 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 103 km away: 114 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 103 km away: 40 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 103 km away: 71 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 108 km away: 314 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 109 km away: 293 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| 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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