Eardrum drainage waiting time at Coffs Harbour Hospital
Half of patients at Coffs Harbour Hospital waited 181 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 North Boambee Valley 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
- 181 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 63 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 12.7%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 66 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 185 days in 2013–14 to 181 days in 2024–25 — down 2% — while the national median rose from 55 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lismore Base Hospital, about 169 km away, at 156 days. Here, 12.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour Hospital | 181 days | 12.7% | 63 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 120 days | 10.3% | 1537 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 50 days | 0.3% | 668 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.
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 169 km away: 156 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 224 km away: 319 days
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 242 km away: 85 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 305 km away: 263 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 315 km away: 49 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 319 km away: 195 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 331 km away: 305 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 383 km away: 104 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Coffs Harbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Coffs Harbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 76 | 49 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 68 | 49 |
| 2013–14 | 185 | 71 | 55 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 78 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 69 | 57 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 73 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 83 | 73 | 66 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 84 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 92 | 86 | 65 |
| 2020–21 | 172 | 98 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 194 | 79 | 72 |
| 2022–23 | 162 | 92 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 216 | 106 | 88 |
| 2024–25 | 181 | 120 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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