Eardrum drainage waiting time at Campbelltown Hospital
Half of patients at Campbelltown Hospital waited 260 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 Campbelltown area of New South Wales.
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
- 260 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 26 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 70 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 174 days in 2016–17 to 260 days in 2024–25 — up 49% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Liverpool Hospital, about 21 km away, at 83 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbelltown Hospital | 260 days | not published | 26 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 120 days | 10.3% | 1537 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.
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 21 km away: 83 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 25 km away: 102 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 29 km away: 102 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 32 km away: 86 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 32 km away: 265 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 33 km away: 91 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 35 km away: 95 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 36 km away: 66 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Campbelltown Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Campbelltown Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 76 | 49 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 68 | 49 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 71 | 55 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 78 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 69 | 57 |
| 2016–17 | 174 | 73 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 202 | 73 | 66 |
| 2018–19 | 79 | 84 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 275 | 86 | 65 |
| 2020–21 | 247 | 98 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 79 | 72 |
| 2022–23 | 310 | 92 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 303 | 106 | 88 |
| 2024–25 | 260 | 120 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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