Eardrum repair waiting time at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
Half of patients at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital waited 342 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 Waitara 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
- 342 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 20 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 37 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 317 days in 2013–14 to 342 days in 2024–25 — up 8% — while the national median rose from 128 days to 264 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 15 km away, at 255 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital | 342 days | not published | 20 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 330 days | 27.9% | 416 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.
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 384 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 255 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 347 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 319 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 161 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 22 km away: 284 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 362 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 228 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 314 | 105 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 303 | 123 |
| 2013–14 | 317 | 316 | 128 |
| 2014–15 | 326 | 309 | 137 |
| 2015–16 | 111 | 317 | 173 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 270 | 170 |
| 2017–18 | 319 | 319 | 195 |
| 2018–19 | 315 | 312 | 200 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 326 | 214 |
| 2020–21 | 352 | 336 | 292 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 334 | 259 |
| 2022–23 | 315 | 365 | 283 |
| 2023–24 | 333 | 343 | 267 |
| 2024–25 | 342 | 330 | 264 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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