Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
Half of patients at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] waited 114 days or less for myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Fitzroy area of Victoria.
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
- 114 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 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 21 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 47 days in 2016–17 to 114 days in 2024–25 — up 143% — while the national median rose from 51 days to 59 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, about 0 km away, at 40 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 114 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 60 days | 5.4% | 556 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 59 days | 3.5% | 1644 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 59 days marks the national median.
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 0 km away: 40 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 2 km away: 144 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 8 km away: 51 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 km away: 64 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 66 km away: 69 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 165 km away: 23 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 200 km away: 211 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 47 | 48 | 51 |
| 2017–18 | 50 | 42 | 49 |
| 2018–19 | 37 | 33 | 42 |
| 2019–20 | 139 | 40 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 53 | 55 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 55 | 66 |
| 2022–23 | 195 | 77 | 77 |
| 2023–24 | 329 | 52 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 114 | 60 | 59 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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