Grommets waiting time at Sunshine Hospital
Half of patients at Sunshine Hospital waited 244 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 Sunshine North 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
- 244 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 66 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 13.6%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 54 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 69 days in 2016–17 to 244 days in 2024–25 — up 254% — while the national median rose from 58 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], about 12 km away, at 136 days. Here, 13.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Hospital | 244 days | 13.6% | 66 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
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 12 km away: 136 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 20 km away: 329 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 21 km away: 76 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 21 km away: 310 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 27 km away: 91 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 28 km away: 63 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 35 km away: 56 days
Angliss Hospital, VIC · about 46 km away: 99 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sunshine Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sunshine Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 69 | 68 | 58 |
| 2017–18 | 86 | 82 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | 85 | 50 | 68 |
| 2019–20 | 82 | 46 | 73 |
| 2020–21 | 45 | 69 | 93 |
| 2021–22 | 76 | 58 | 79 |
| 2022–23 | 31 | 80 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 102 | 94 | 94 |
| 2024–25 | 244 | 78 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Sunshine Hospital · Grommets across Australia · Grommets in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria