Grommets waiting time at West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]
Half of patients at West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] waited 161 days or less for grommets in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of". This public hospital is in the Warragul 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
- 161 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 33 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 41 days in 2017–18 to 161 days in 2024–25 — up 293% — while the national median rose from 70 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], about 48 km away, at 73 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] | 161 days | not published | 33 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 4.4% | 1054 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 6.5% | 3835 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 48 km away: 73 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 53 km away: 42 days
Angliss Hospital, VIC · about 62 km away: 99 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 69 km away: 90 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 70 km away: 113 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 73 km away: 56 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 81 km away: 63 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 81 km away: 91 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 68 | 58 |
| 2017–18 | 41 | 82 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | 38 | 50 | 68 |
| 2019–20 | 86 | 46 | 73 |
| 2020–21 | 14 | 69 | 93 |
| 2021–22 | 28 | 58 | 79 |
| 2022–23 | 39 | 80 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 57 | 94 | 94 |
| 2024–25 | 161 | 78 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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