Grommets waiting time at Box Hill Hospital
Half of patients at Box Hill Hospital waited 91 days or less for grommets in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of". This public hospital is in the Box Hill 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
- 91 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 37 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 33 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 72 days in 2019–20 to 91 days in 2024–25 — up 26% — while the national median rose from 73 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], about 13 km away, at 63 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box Hill Hospital | 91 days | not published | 37 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 4.4% | 1054 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 6.5% | 3835 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 8 km away: 310 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 9 km away: 329 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 13 km away: 63 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 13 km away: 56 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 15 km away: 136 days
Angliss Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 99 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 20 km away: 76 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 27 km away: 244 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Box Hill Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Box Hill Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 68 | 58 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 82 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 50 | 68 |
| 2019–20 | 72 | 46 | 73 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 69 | 93 |
| 2021–22 | 43 | 58 | 79 |
| 2022–23 | 79 | 80 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 96 | 94 | 94 |
| 2024–25 | 91 | 78 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Box Hill Hospital · Grommets across Australia · Grommets in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria