Myringotomy waiting time at Northeast Health Wangaratta

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Wangaratta area of Victoria was 197 days in 2024–25.

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: 197 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 13 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 68 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 2011–12 to 197 days in 2024–25 — up 302% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], about 56 km away, at 31 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
Northeast Health Wangaratta	197 days	not published	13 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	120 days	10.3%	1537 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	69 days	4.7%	1610 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	80 days	5.6%	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.

Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 56 km away31 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 81 km away23 days
Wagga Wagga HospitalNSW · about 167 km away357 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 185 km away71 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 192 km away293 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 192 km away314 days
Angliss HospitalVIC · about 193 km away99 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 194 km away91 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.

How the wait has changed

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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 period	Northeast Health Wangaratta (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	49	49	49
2012–13	32	51	49
2013–14	46	61	55
2014–15	41	47	56
2015–16	25	52	57
2016–17	30	50	56
2017–18	29	60	66
2018–19	26	42	62
2019–20	73	42	65
2020–21	40	63	76
2021–22	not published	57	72
2022–23	45	78	82
2023–24	85	79	88
2024–25	197	69	80

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

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