Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Camperdown area of New South Wales was 46 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
46 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
18 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 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 54 days in 2016–17 to 46 days in 2024–25 — down 15% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 80 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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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
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital46 daysnot published18 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)120 days10.3%1537 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days5.6%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for myringotomy by financial year at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0501001502002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 46NSW 120Australia 80
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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 periodRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not published7649
2012–13not published6849
2013–14not published7155
2014–15not published7856
2015–16not published6957
2016–17547356
2017–18not published7366
2018–19not published8462
2019–20878665
2020–211819876
2021–22not published7972
2022–2399282
2023–243410688
2024–254612080

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

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