Eardrum drainage waiting time at Perth Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Perth Children's Hospital waited 96 days or less for eardrum drainage in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Myringotomy". This public hospital is in the Crawley area of Western Australia.
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
- 96 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 330 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 6.7%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
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 51 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 91 days in 2018–19 to 96 days in 2024–25 — up 5% — while the national median rose from 62 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 0 km away, at 31 days. Here, 6.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.6%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Myringotomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Children's Hospital | 96 days | 6.7% | 330 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 4.7% | 830 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.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 0 km away: 31 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 114 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 20 km away: 10 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 26 km away: 44 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 26 km away: 291 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 36 km away: 88 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 156 km away: 87 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Perth Children's Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Perth Children's Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 48 | 49 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 51 | 49 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 55 | 55 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 65 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 63 | 57 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 58 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 84 | 66 |
| 2018–19 | 91 | 86 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 84 | 83 | 65 |
| 2020–21 | 116 | 99 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 91 | 85 | 72 |
| 2022–23 | 83 | 83 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 92 | 91 | 88 |
| 2024–25 | 96 | 90 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Perth Children's Hospital · Eardrum drainage across Australia · Eardrum drainage in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia