Myringotomy waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Bellfield area of Victoria was 314 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: 314 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 59 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 25.4%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 78 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 257 days in 2023–24 to 314 days in 2024–25 — up 22% — while the national median fell from 88 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 1 km away, at 293 days. Here, 25.4% 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
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]	314 days	25.4%	59 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.

Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 1 km away293 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 8 km away114 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 9 km away40 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 9 km away91 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 10 km away138 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 12 km away71 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 18 km away69 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 20 km away249 days

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

How the wait has changed

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
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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	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	49	49
2012–13	not reported for this period	51	49
2013–14	not reported for this period	61	55
2014–15	not reported for this period	47	56
2015–16	not reported for this period	52	57
2016–17	not reported for this period	50	56
2017–18	not reported for this period	60	66
2018–19	not reported for this period	42	62
2019–20	not reported for this period	42	65
2020–21	not reported for this period	63	76
2021–22	not reported for this period	57	72
2022–23	not reported for this period	78	82
2023–24	257	79	88
2024–25	314	69	80

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

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