Grommets waiting time at Rockingham General Hospital
Half of patients at Rockingham General Hospital waited 88 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 Cooloongup 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
- 88 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 98 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 31 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 133 days in 2016–17 to 88 days in 2024–25 — down 34% — while the national median rose from 58 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 36 km away, at 21 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockingham General Hospital | 88 days | 0.0% | 98 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 91 days | 5.4% | 608 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.
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 26 km away: 108 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 29 km away: 291 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 36 km away: 95 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 36 km away: 21 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 61 km away: 39 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Rockingham General Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Rockingham General Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 133 | 60 | 58 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 87 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 87 | 68 |
| 2019–20 | 106 | 85 | 73 |
| 2020–21 | 42 | 98 | 93 |
| 2021–22 | 55 | 86 | 79 |
| 2022–23 | 81 | 83 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 65 | 91 | 94 |
| 2024–25 | 88 | 91 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Rockingham General Hospital · Grommets across Australia · Grommets in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia