--- title: "Eardrum repair waiting times in Queensland" description: "Public hospitals in Queensland ranked by median wait for Eardrum repair in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/qld/" --- # Eardrum repair waiting times in Queensland The median wait for eardrum repair in Queensland public hospitals was **210 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **264 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 18 public hospitals in Queensland reported eardrum repair in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** 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. 7 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. - [Cairns Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cairns-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 78 days - [Toowoomba Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/toowoomba-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 87 days - [Ipswich Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ipswich-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 132 days - [Logan Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/logan-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 185 days - [Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-brisbane-womens-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 202 days - [Sunshine Coast University Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sunshine-coast-university-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 226 days - [Mater Adult Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mater-adult-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 238 days - [Queensland Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/queensland-childrens-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 294 days - [Gold Coast University Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gold-coast-university-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 309 days - [Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/surgical-treatment-and-rehabilitation-service/eardrum-repair/): 332 days - [Townsville University Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/townsville-university-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 376 days - [Cooktown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cooktown-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Gympie Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gympie-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Mount Isa Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-isa-base-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Princess Alexandra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/princess-alexandra-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Redcliffe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/redcliffe-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Thursday Island Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Weipa Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/weipa-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty in Queensland 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 | [Cairns Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cairns-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 78 days | not published | 29 surgeries | | 2 | [Toowoomba Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/toowoomba-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 87 days | not published | 27 surgeries | | 3 | [Ipswich Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ipswich-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 132 days | not published | 13 surgeries | | 4 | [Logan Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/logan-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 185 days | not published | 37 surgeries | | 5 | [Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-brisbane-womens-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 202 days | not published | 13 surgeries | | 6 | [Sunshine Coast University Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sunshine-coast-university-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 226 days | 20.0% | 85 surgeries | | 7 | [Mater Adult Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mater-adult-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 238 days | not published | 40 surgeries | | 8 | [Queensland Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/queensland-childrens-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 294 days | not published | 47 surgeries | | 9 | [Gold Coast University Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gold-coast-university-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 309 days | not published | 24 surgeries | | 10 | [Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/surgical-treatment-and-rehabilitation-service/eardrum-repair/) | 332 days | not published | 34 surgeries | | 11 | [Townsville University Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/townsville-university-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 376 days | not published | 27 surgeries | | unranked | [Cooktown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cooktown-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Gympie Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gympie-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries | | unranked | [Mount Isa Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-isa-base-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries | | unranked | [Princess Alexandra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/princess-alexandra-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Redcliffe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/redcliffe-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries | | unranked | [Thursday Island Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/thursday-island-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries | | unranked | [Weipa Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/weipa-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | 9 surgeries | Ranked by area in Queensland: [near Herston](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/near/herston/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for eardrum repair in Queensland public hospitals was 210 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Eardrum repair waiting times in Queensland", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/qld/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/qld/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ## 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](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/), or see [every surgery reported in Queensland](https://surgerywaits.au/state/qld/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/qld/.