Grommets waiting times in South Australia

Public hospitals in South Australia ranked by their median wait for grommets, published by the source 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. The state median was 78 days; the national median was 90 days.

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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.

Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service29 days
Renmark Paringa District Hospital30 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital32 days
Gawler Health Service44 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital63 days
Modbury Hospital66 days
Flinders Medical Centre72 days
Women's and Children's Hospital85 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital113 days
Ceduna District Health Servicenot published
Clare Hospitalnot published
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalnot published
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalnot published
Noarlunga Hospitalnot published
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Servicesnot published
Port Lincoln Health Servicenot published
Port Pirie Regional Health Servicenot published
Riverland General Hospitalnot published
South Coast District Hospitalnot published

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

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.