Eardrum repair waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 362 days or less for eardrum repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty". This public hospital is in the Turvey Park 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
- 362 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 58 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 43 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 343 days in 2013–14 to 362 days in 2024–25 — up 6% — while the national median rose from 128 days to 264 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Orange Health Service, about 256 km away, at 258 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 362 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 330 days | 27.9% | 416 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 207 days | 34.2% | 322 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 264 days | 28.3% | 1627 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 264 days marks the national median.
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 256 km away: 258 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 331 km away: 357 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 341 km away: 235 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 343 km away: 209 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 353 km away: 349 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 359 km away: 336 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 360 km away: 415 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 361 km away: 228 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 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
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 314 | 105 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 303 | 123 |
| 2013–14 | 343 | 316 | 128 |
| 2014–15 | 318 | 309 | 137 |
| 2015–16 | 350 | 317 | 173 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 270 | 170 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 319 | 195 |
| 2018–19 | 336 | 312 | 200 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 326 | 214 |
| 2020–21 | 196 | 336 | 292 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 334 | 259 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 365 | 283 |
| 2023–24 | 358 | 343 | 267 |
| 2024–25 | 362 | 330 | 264 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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