Surgery Waits

Grommets waiting times in South Australia

The median wait for grommets in South Australia public hospitals was 78 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 90 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of".

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

19 public hospitals in South Australia reported grommets in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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10 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 90 days marks the national median.

Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of in South 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 Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service 29 days not published 18 surgeries
2 Renmark Paringa District Hospital 30 days not published 12 surgeries
3 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 32 days not published 20 surgeries
4 Gawler Health Service 44 days not published 13 surgeries
5 Royal Adelaide Hospital 63 days not published 13 surgeries
6 Modbury Hospital 66 days not published 18 surgeries
7 Flinders Medical Centre 72 days 2.6% 153 surgeries
8 Women's and Children's Hospital 85 days 1.8% 219 surgeries
9 Lyell McEwin Hospital 113 days 2.7% 74 surgeries
unranked Ceduna District Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Clare Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Noarlunga Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Port Lincoln Health Service not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Port Pirie Regional Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Riverland General Hospital not published not published not published
unranked South Coast District Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in South Australia: near the Adelaide CBD · near Elizabeth Vale.

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The median wait for grommets in South Australia public hospitals was 78 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Grommets waiting times in South Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/grommets/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/grommets/sa/), 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. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in South Australia.