Grommets waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital
The median wait for grommets — published by the source as "Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of" — at this public hospital in the Hobart area of Tasmania was 77 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
- 77 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 99 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 7.1%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 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 78 days in 2016–17 to 77 days in 2024–25 — down 1% — while the national median rose from 58 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Launceston General Hospital, about 160 km away, at 73 days. Here, 7.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Hobart Hospital | 77 days | 7.1% | 99 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | 81 days | 5.0% | 140 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 4.4% | 1054 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 6.5% | 3835 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Hobart Hospital
- TAS
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Hobart Hospital (days) | TAS (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 78 | 69 | 58 |
| 2017–18 | 78 | 64 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | 111 | 109 | 68 |
| 2019–20 | 156 | 149 | 73 |
| 2020–21 | 127 | 93 | 93 |
| 2021–22 | 79 | 80 | 79 |
| 2022–23 | 76 | not published | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 102 | 88 | 94 |
| 2024–25 | 77 | 81 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Hobart Hospital · Grommets across Australia · Grommets in Tasmania