Eardrum repair waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre
Half of patients at Flinders Medical Centre waited 273 days or less for eardrum repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty". This public hospital is in the Bedford Park area of South 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
- 273 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 22 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 58 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 55 days in 2011–12 to 273 days in 2024–25 — up 396% — while the national median rose from 105 days to 264 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders Medical Centre | 273 days | not published | 22 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 316 days | 34.5% | 110 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 264 days | 28.3% | 1627 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 264 days marks the national median.
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 13 km away: 335 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 16 km away: 380 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 24 km away: 487 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 32 km away: 389 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 51 km away: 284 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Flinders Medical Centre
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Flinders Medical Centre (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 55 | 63 | 105 |
| 2012–13 | 84 | not published | 123 |
| 2013–14 | 136 | not published | 128 |
| 2014–15 | 85 | not published | 137 |
| 2015–16 | 262 | not published | 173 |
| 2016–17 | 230 | not published | 170 |
| 2017–18 | 389 | not published | 195 |
| 2018–19 | 403 | 180 | 200 |
| 2019–20 | 346 | 330 | 214 |
| 2020–21 | 98 | 342 | 292 |
| 2021–22 | 333 | 336 | 259 |
| 2022–23 | 354 | 351 | 283 |
| 2023–24 | 201 | 154 | 267 |
| 2024–25 | 273 | 316 | 264 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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