Surgery Waits

Myringotomy waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the Geelong area of Victoria was 69 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
69 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
177 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%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 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 34 days in 2011–12 to 69 days in 2024–25 — up 103% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, about 66 km away, at 40 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.6%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Myringotomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
University Hospital Geelong69 days0.0%177 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)69 days4.7%1610 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days5.6%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for myringotomy by financial year at University Hospital Geelong, compared with Victoria and Australiadays02550751002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25University Hospital Geelong 69VIC 69Australia 80
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Myringotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodUniversity Hospital Geelong (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12344949
2012–13795149
2013–14516155
2014–15504756
2015–16375257
2016–17665056
2017–18666066
2018–19324262
2019–20304265
2020–21406376
2021–22565772
2022–23887882
2023–24397988
2024–25696980

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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