Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at Bunbury Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the College Grove area of Western Australia was 87 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
87 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
122 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
1.6%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 41 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 76 days in 2011–12 to 87 days in 2024–25 — up 14% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 156 km away, at 31 days. Here, 1.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.6%.

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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
Bunbury Hospital87 days1.6%122 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)90 days4.7%830 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days5.6%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.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for myringotomy by financial year at Bunbury Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays02550751002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Bunbury Hospital 87WA 90Australia 80
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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 periodBunbury Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12764849
2012–13835149
2013–14745555
2014–15736556
2015–16706357
2016–17not published5856
2017–18728466
2018–19not published8662
2019–20618365
2020–21749976
2021–22798572
2022–23868382
2023–24949188
2024–25879080

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

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