Myringotomy waiting time at Frankston Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Frankston area of Victoria was 113 days in 2024–25.

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: 113 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 83 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 2.4%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 59 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 23 days in 2011–12 to 113 days in 2024–25 — up 391% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Frankston Public Surgical Centre, about 1 km away, at 90 days. Here, 2.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.6%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringotomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Frankston Hospital	113 days	2.4%	83 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	69 days	4.7%	1610 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.

Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 1 km away90 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 22 km away43 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 25 km away56 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 26 km away69 days
Angliss HospitalVIC · about 32 km away99 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 37 km away91 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 40 km away40 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 41 km away114 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Myringotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Frankston Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	23	49	49
2012–13	23	51	49
2013–14	78	61	55
2014–15	76	47	56
2015–16	114	52	57
2016–17	143	50	56
2017–18	87	60	66
2018–19	not published	42	62
2019–20	35	42	65
2020–21	96	63	76
2021–22	160	57	72
2022–23	54	78	82
2023–24	77	79	88
2024–25	113	69	80

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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