--- title: "Eardrum repair waiting times in Western Australia" description: "Public hospitals in Western Australia ranked by median wait for Eardrum repair in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/wa/" --- # Eardrum repair waiting times in Western Australia The median wait for eardrum repair in Western Australia public hospitals was **162 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. 20 public hospitals in Western Australia 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. 13 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. - [Joondalup Health Campus (Public)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/joondalup-health-campus-public/eardrum-repair/): 66 days - [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 70 days - [Hedland Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hedland-health-campus/eardrum-repair/): 148 days - [Kununurra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kununurra-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 215 days - [Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-perth-hospital-wellington-street-campus/eardrum-repair/): 226 days - [Perth Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/perth-childrens-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 346 days - [Fiona Stanley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fiona-stanley-hospital/eardrum-repair/): 411 days - [Albany Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albany-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armadale-kelmscott-memorial-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Broome Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Bunbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bunbury-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Derby Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Esperance Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/esperance-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Fremantle Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fremantle-hospital-and-health-service/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Geraldton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/geraldton-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Kalgoorlie Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kalgoorlie-health-campus/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Karratha Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/karratha-health-campus/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Osborne Park Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/osborne-park-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Peel Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peel-health-campus/eardrum-repair/): not published - [Rockingham General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/rockingham-general-hospital/eardrum-repair/): not published Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty in Western Australia 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 | [Joondalup Health Campus (Public)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/joondalup-health-campus-public/eardrum-repair/) | 66 days | not published | 27 surgeries | | 2 | [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 70 days | not published | 12 surgeries | | 3 | [Hedland Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hedland-health-campus/eardrum-repair/) | 148 days | not published | 14 surgeries | | 4 | [Kununurra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kununurra-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 215 days | not published | 10 surgeries | | 5 | [Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-perth-hospital-wellington-street-campus/eardrum-repair/) | 226 days | not published | 30 surgeries | | 6 | [Perth Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/perth-childrens-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 346 days | not published | 48 surgeries | | 7 | [Fiona Stanley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fiona-stanley-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | 411 days | not published | 31 surgeries | | unranked | [Albany Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albany-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armadale-kelmscott-memorial-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries | | unranked | [Broome Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Bunbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bunbury-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Derby Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries | | unranked | [Esperance Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/esperance-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Fremantle Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fremantle-hospital-and-health-service/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Geraldton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/geraldton-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries | | unranked | [Kalgoorlie Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kalgoorlie-health-campus/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries | | unranked | [Karratha Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/karratha-health-campus/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Osborne Park Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/osborne-park-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | 9 surgeries | | unranked | [Peel Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peel-health-campus/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Rockingham General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/rockingham-general-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | not published | **Cite this page** > The median wait for eardrum repair in Western Australia public hospitals was 162 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Eardrum repair waiting times in Western Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/wa/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/wa/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/wa/)), 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 Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/state/wa/). ## 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/wa/.