Eardrum drainage waiting time at Sydney Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Sydney Children's Hospital waited 137 days or less for eardrum drainage in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Myringotomy". This public hospital is in the Randwick area of New South Wales.
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
- 137 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 89 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 14.6%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 80 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 62 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 85 days in 2016–17 to 137 days in 2024–25 — up 61% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 6 km away, at 46 days. Here, 14.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.6%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Myringotomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Children's Hospital | 137 days | 14.6% | 89 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 120 days | 10.3% | 1537 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 80 days | 5.6% | 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.
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 0 km away: 307 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 6 km away: 46 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 11 km away: 91 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 90 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 265 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 18 km away: 102 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 281 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 86 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sydney Children's Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sydney Children's Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 76 | 49 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 68 | 49 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 71 | 55 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 78 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 69 | 57 |
| 2016–17 | 85 | 73 | 56 |
| 2017–18 | 83 | 73 | 66 |
| 2018–19 | 100 | 84 | 62 |
| 2019–20 | 116 | 86 | 65 |
| 2020–21 | 87 | 98 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 146 | 79 | 72 |
| 2022–23 | 110 | 92 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 112 | 106 | 88 |
| 2024–25 | 137 | 120 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Sydney Children's Hospital · Eardrum drainage across Australia · Eardrum drainage in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales