Mastoid surgery behind the ear waiting time at University Hospital Geelong
Half of patients at University Hospital Geelong waited 52 days or less for mastoid surgery behind the ear in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Mastoidectomy". This public hospital is in the Geelong 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
- 52 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 19 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 38 days in 2016–17 to 52 days in 2024–25 — up 37% — while the national median rose from 83 days to 99 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Mastoidectomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospital Geelong | 52 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 128 days | 17.3% | 226 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 99 days | 13.6% | 656 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 99 days marks the national median.
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 65 km away: 176 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 65 km away: 368 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 66 km away: 127 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 66 km away: 193 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 66 km away: 114 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 67 km away: 233 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 74 km away: 146 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 87 km away: 126 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- University Hospital Geelong
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | University Hospital Geelong (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 38 | 77 | 83 |
| 2017–18 | 41 | 106 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 87 | 125 | 106 |
| 2019–20 | 80 | 119 | 104 |
| 2020–21 | 49 | 160 | 119 |
| 2021–22 | 51 | 148 | 98 |
| 2022–23 | 133 | 183 | 162 |
| 2023–24 | 45 | 136 | 112 |
| 2024–25 | 52 | 128 | 99 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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