Eardrum repair waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital
Half of patients at Lismore Base Hospital waited 736 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 Lismore 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
- 736 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 56 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 89 days in 2017–18 to 736 days in 2024–25 — up 727% — while the national median rose from 195 days to 264 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gold Coast University Hospital, about 95 km away, at 309 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lismore Base Hospital | 736 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 330 days | 27.9% | 416 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 210 days | 16.1% | 415 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.
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 95 km away: 309 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 127 km away: 185 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 142 km away: 132 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 149 km away: 238 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 150 km away: 294 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 153 km away: 332 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 154 km away: 202 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 191 km away: 87 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Lismore Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lismore Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 314 | 105 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 303 | 123 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 316 | 128 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 309 | 137 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 317 | 173 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 270 | 170 |
| 2017–18 | 89 | 319 | 195 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 312 | 200 |
| 2019–20 | 125 | 326 | 214 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 336 | 292 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 334 | 259 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 365 | 283 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 343 | 267 |
| 2024–25 | 736 | 330 | 264 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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