Eardrum drainage waiting time at Bunbury Hospital
Half of patients at Bunbury Hospital waited 87 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 College Grove area of Western Australia.
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
- 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%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Myringotomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunbury Hospital | 87 days | 1.6% | 122 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 4.7% | 830 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.
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 120 km away: 88 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 142 km away: 291 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 145 km away: 114 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 156 km away: 96 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 156 km away: 31 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 167 km away: 10 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 181 km away: 44 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bunbury Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bunbury Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 76 | 48 | 49 |
| 2012–13 | 83 | 51 | 49 |
| 2013–14 | 74 | 55 | 55 |
| 2014–15 | 73 | 65 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | 70 | 63 | 57 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 58 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 72 | 84 | 66 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 86 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 61 | 83 | 65 |
| 2020–21 | 74 | 99 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 79 | 85 | 72 |
| 2022–23 | 86 | 83 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 94 | 91 | 88 |
| 2024–25 | 87 | 90 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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