Grommets waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital
Half of patients at Lismore Base Hospital waited 156 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 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
- 156 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 48 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 70 days in 2017–18 to 156 days in 2024–25 — up 123% — while the national median rose from 70 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Tweed Valley Hospital, about 75 km away, at 85 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lismore Base Hospital | 156 days | not published | 12 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.
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 85 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 169 km away: 182 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 340 km away: 321 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 466 km away: 263 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 482 km away: 190 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 494 km away: 305 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 74 | 58 |
| 2017–18 | 70 | 71 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | 57 | 84 | 68 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 86 | 73 |
| 2020–21 | 97 | 98 | 93 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 80 | 79 |
| 2022–23 | 181 | 90 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 59 | 107 | 94 |
| 2024–25 | 156 | 128 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Lismore Base Hospital · Grommets across Australia · Grommets in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales