Surgery Waits

Eardrum drainage waiting time at Bathurst Base Hospital

The median wait for eardrum drainage at Bathurst Base Hospital in 2024–25 is not published by the source (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Myringotomy". This public hospital is in the Bathurst area of New South Wales.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
7 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.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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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
Bathurst Base Hospitalnot publishednot published7 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)120 days10.3%1537 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days5.6%5479 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bathurst Base Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for myringotomy by financial year at Bathurst Base Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0751502253002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Bathurst Base Hospital 284NSW 120Australia 80
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Median wait in days for Myringotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBathurst Base Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period7649
2012–13not reported for this period6849
2013–14not reported for this period7155
2014–15not published7856
2015–16not reported for this period6957
2016–17447356
2017–18687366
2018–19498462
2019–20488665
2020–21619876
2021–22477972
2022–23489282
2023–2428410688
2024–25not published12080

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

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