Grommets waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Women's and Children's Hospital waited 85 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 North Adelaide area of South Australia.
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
- 85 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 219 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.8%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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 28 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 45 days in 2016–17 to 85 days in 2024–25 — up 89% — while the national median rose from 58 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Adelaide Hospital, about 2 km away, at 63 days. Here, 1.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's and Children's Hospital | 85 days | 1.8% | 219 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 2.2% | 580 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.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 2 km away: 63 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 7 km away: 32 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 12 km away: 66 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 13 km away: 72 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 19 km away: 113 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 38 km away: 44 days
Renmark Paringa District Hospital, SA · about 213 km away: 30 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Women's and Children's Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Women's and Children's Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 45 | 46 | 58 |
| 2017–18 | 61 | 67 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | 40 | 54 | 68 |
| 2019–20 | 63 | 56 | 73 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 93 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 79 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 90 | 85 | 94 |
| 2024–25 | 85 | 78 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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