Eardrum repair waiting times in New South Wales

Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for eardrum repair, published by the source as "Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

37 public hospitals in New South Wales reported eardrum repair in 2024–25. The state median was 330 days; the national median was 264 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.

18 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 264 days marks the national median.

Gosford Hospital89 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital161 days
Nepean Hospital209 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital228 days
Dubbo Hospital235 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital255 days
Orange Health Service258 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]284 days
Auburn Hospital319 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital342 days
Belmont Hospital347 days
Westmead Hospital347 days
Liverpool Hospital349 days
Wollongong Hospital357 days
Prince of Wales Hospital362 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital362 days
Royal North Shore Hospital384 days
John Hunter Hospital481 days
Lismore Base Hospital736 days
Bathurst Base Hospitalnot published
Broken Hill Hospitalnot published
Campbelltown Hospitalnot published
Canterbury Hospitalnot published
Coffs Harbour Hospitalnot published
Cowra Health Servicenot published
Hawkesbury Hospitalnot published
Kurri Kurri Hospitalnot published
Lachlan Health Service - Forbesnot published
Maitland Hospitalnot published
Murwillumbah District Hospitalnot published
Northern Beaches Hospitalnot published
St George Hospital NSWnot published
Sutherland Hospitalnot published
Sydney Children's Hospitalnot published
Tamworth Hospitalnot published
The Children's Hospital at Westmeadnot published
Tweed Valley Hospitalnot published

Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Gosford Hospital	89 days	not published	18 surgeries
2	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	161 days	not published	27 surgeries
3	Nepean Hospital	209 days	not published	32 surgeries
4	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	228 days	not published	12 surgeries
5	Dubbo Hospital	235 days	not published	17 surgeries
6	Concord Repatriation Hospital	255 days	not published	11 surgeries
7	Orange Health Service	258 days	not published	18 surgeries
8	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]	284 days	not published	12 surgeries
9	Auburn Hospital	319 days	not published	16 surgeries
10	Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital	342 days	not published	20 surgeries
11	Belmont Hospital	347 days	not published	14 surgeries
11	Westmead Hospital	347 days	not published	25 surgeries
13	Liverpool Hospital	349 days	not published	20 surgeries
14	Wollongong Hospital	357 days	not published	22 surgeries
15	Prince of Wales Hospital	362 days	not published	22 surgeries
15	Wagga Wagga Hospital	362 days	not published	10 surgeries
17	Royal North Shore Hospital	384 days	not published	19 surgeries
18	John Hunter Hospital	481 days	not published	14 surgeries
19	Lismore Base Hospital	736 days	not published	10 surgeries
unranked	Bathurst Base Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Broken Hill Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Campbelltown Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Canterbury Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Coffs Harbour Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Cowra Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Hawkesbury Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Kurri Kurri Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Lachlan Health Service - Forbes	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Maitland Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Murwillumbah District Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Northern Beaches Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	St George Hospital NSW	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Sutherland Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Sydney Children's Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Tamworth Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	The Children's Hospital at Westmead	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Tweed Valley Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.