Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) waiting time at Maitland Hospital
Half of patients at Maitland Hospital waited 282 days or less for myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Telarah 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
- 282 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 21 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 46 days in 2016–17 to 282 days in 2024–25 — up 513% — while the national median rose from 51 days to 59 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Children's Hospital at Westmead, about 130 km away, at 111 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland Hospital | 282 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 8.3% | 109 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 50 days | 0.3% | 668 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 60 days | 5.4% | 556 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 59 days | 3.5% | 1644 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 59 days marks the national median.
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 130 km away: 111 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 139 km away: 58 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 571 km away: 31 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 600 km away: 49 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 626 km away: 211 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 682 km away: 57 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 692 km away: 23 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 807 km away: 64 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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
- Maitland Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Maitland Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 46 | 71 | 51 |
| 2017–18 | 84 | 78 | 49 |
| 2018–19 | 81 | 77 | 42 |
| 2019–20 | 100 | 77 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | 145 | 120 | 55 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 66 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 77 |
| 2023–24 | 196 | 97 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 282 | 86 | 59 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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