Grommets waiting time at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
Half of patients at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital waited 65 days or less for grommets in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of". 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
- 65 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 24 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 49 days in 2016–17 to 65 days in 2024–25 — up 33% — while the national median rose from 58 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 22 km away, at 63 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital | 65 days | not published | 24 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 128 days | 10.5% | 1428 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 6.5% | 3835 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 281 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 144 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 16 km away: 95 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 86 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 63 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 24 km away: 265 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 137 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 196 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 49 | 74 | 58 |
| 2017–18 | 54 | 71 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | 99 | 84 | 68 |
| 2019–20 | 106 | 86 | 73 |
| 2020–21 | 231 | 98 | 93 |
| 2021–22 | 39 | 80 | 79 |
| 2022–23 | 101 | 90 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 193 | 107 | 94 |
| 2024–25 | 65 | 128 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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