Myringotomy waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital

The median wait for myringotomy at this public hospital in the North Adelaide area of South Australia was 85 days in 2024–25.

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 80 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 55 days in 2011–12 to 85 days in 2024–25 — up 55% — while the national median rose from 49 days to 80 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 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
Women's and Children's Hospital	85 days	1.8%	219 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	77 days	2.2%	599 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	80 days	5.6%	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.

Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 2 km away63 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 7 km away33 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 12 km away64 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 13 km away72 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 19 km away112 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 38 km away40 days
Renmark Paringa District HospitalSA · about 213 km away30 days

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

How the wait has changed

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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 period	Women's and Children's Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	55	43	49
2012–13	48	42	49
2013–14	43	35	55
2014–15	56	56	56
2015–16	56	57	57
2016–17	45	48	56
2017–18	not published	63	66
2018–19	not published	54	62
2019–20	63	61	65
2020–21	74	70	76
2021–22	80	74	72
2022–23	71	70	82
2023–24	90	84	88
2024–25	85	77	80

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

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