Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Waitara area of New South Wales was 65 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

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 80 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 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 56 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 22 km away, at 46 days.

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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
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital65 daysnot published24 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)120 days10.3%1537 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days5.6%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.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for myringotomy by financial year at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0631251882502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital 65NSW 120Australia 80
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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 periodHornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not published7649
2012–13not published6849
2013–14not published7155
2014–15not published7856
2015–16not reported for this period6957
2016–17497356
2017–18547366
2018–19not published8462
2019–201068665
2020–212319876
2021–22397972
2022–231269282
2023–2418610688
2024–256512080

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

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