Eardrum drainage waiting time at Derby Hospital
Half of patients at Derby Hospital waited 3 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 Derby 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
- 3 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 98 days in 2011–12 to 3 days in 2024–25 — down 97% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Karratha Health Campus, about 809 km away, at 1 day.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Hospital | 3 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 95 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.
Broome Hospital, WA · about 165 km away: 102 days
Kununurra Hospital, WA · about 570 km away: 92 days
Hedland Health Campus, WA · about 632 km away: 55 days
Karratha Health Campus, WA · about 809 km away: 1 day
Royal Darwin Hospital, NT · about 954 km away: 52 days
Palmerston Regional Hospital, NT · about 957 km away: 110 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 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
- Derby Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Derby Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 98 | 48 | 49 |
| 2012–13 | 204 | 51 | 49 |
| 2013–14 | 66 | 55 | 55 |
| 2014–15 | 57 | 65 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | 58 | 63 | 57 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 58 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 84 | 66 |
| 2018–19 | 80 | 86 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 47 | 83 | 65 |
| 2020–21 | 43 | 99 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 59 | 85 | 72 |
| 2022–23 | 37 | 83 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 44 | 91 | 88 |
| 2024–25 | 3 | 90 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Derby Hospital · Eardrum drainage across Australia · Eardrum drainage in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia