Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Half of patients at The Children's Hospital at Westmead waited 111 days or less for myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Westmead 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
- 111 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 17 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 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 62 days in 2016–17 to 111 days in 2024–25 — up 79% — while the national median rose from 51 days to 59 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Nepean Hospital, about 26 km away, at 58 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 111 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 8.3% | 109 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.
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 58 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 130 km away: 282 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 456 km away: 31 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 512 km away: 211 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 583 km away: 23 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 689 km away: 64 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 693 km away: 51 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 702 km away: 114 days
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. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- The Children's Hospital at Westmead
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Children's Hospital at Westmead (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 62 | 71 | 51 |
| 2017–18 | 48 | 78 | 49 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 77 | 42 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 77 | 48 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 120 | 55 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 66 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 77 |
| 2023–24 | 111 | 97 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 111 | 86 | 59 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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