Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at Liverpool Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Warwick Farm area of New South Wales was 83 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
83 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 80 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 76 days in 2011–12 to 83 days in 2024–25 — up 9% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 24 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
Liverpool Hospital83 daysnot published20 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 Liverpool Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Liverpool Hospital 83NSW 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 periodLiverpool Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12767649
2012–13not published6849
2013–143147155
2014–153077856
2015–161116957
2016–17797356
2017–18827366
2018–19888462
2019–201148665
2020–212699876
2021–22877972
2022–231039282
2023–248710688
2024–258312080

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

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