--- title: "Grommets waiting times in Victoria" description: "Public hospitals in Victoria ranked by median wait for Grommets in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/grommets/vic/" --- # Grommets waiting times in Victoria The median wait for grommets in Victoria 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. 24 public hospitals in Victoria reported grommets 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 "Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 9 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. - [Ballarat Health Services \[Base Hospital\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ballarat-health-services-base-hospital/grommets/): 30 days - [Casey Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/casey-hospital/grommets/): 42 days - [Monash Medical Centre \[Clayton\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/monash-medical-centre-clayton/grommets/): 56 days - [Monash Medical Centre \[Moorabbin\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/monash-medical-centre-moorabbin/grommets/): 63 days - [Latrobe Regional Hospital \[Traralgon\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/latrobe-regional-hospital-traralgon/grommets/): 73 days - [The Northern Hospital \[Epping\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-northern-hospital-epping/grommets/): 76 days - [Frankston Public Surgical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/frankston-public-surgical-centre/grommets/): 90 days - [Box Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/box-hill-hospital/grommets/): 91 days - [Angliss Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/angliss-hospital/grommets/): 99 days - [Frankston Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/frankston-hospital/grommets/): 113 days - [Royal Children's Hospital \[Parkville\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/grommets/): 136 days - [West Gippsland Healthcare Group \[Warragul\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/west-gippsland-healthcare-group-warragul/grommets/): 161 days - [Sunshine Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sunshine-hospital/grommets/): 244 days - [Austin Hospital \[Heidelberg\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/austin-hospital-heidelberg/grommets/): 310 days - [Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital \[Heidelberg West\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/heidelberg-repatriation-hospital-heidelberg-west/grommets/): 329 days - [Albury Wodonga Health \[Wodonga Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albury-wodonga-health-wodonga-campus/grommets/): not published - [Blackburn Public Surgical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blackburn-public-surgical-centre/grommets/): not published - [Djerriwarrh Health Service \[Bacchus Marsh\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/djerriwarrh-health-service-bacchus-marsh/grommets/): not published - [Northeast Health Wangaratta](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northeast-health-wangaratta/grommets/): not published - [Royal Melbourne Hospital \[City Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-melbourne-hospital-city-campus/grommets/): not published - [South West Healthcare \[Warrnambool\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-west-healthcare-warrnambool/grommets/): not published - [The Alfred](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-alfred/grommets/): not published - [The Kilmore & District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-kilmore-district-hospital/grommets/): not published - [Williamstown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/grommets/): not published Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of in Victoria 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 | [Ballarat Health Services \[Base Hospital\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ballarat-health-services-base-hospital/grommets/) | 30 days | not published | 40 surgeries | | 2 | [Casey Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/casey-hospital/grommets/) | 42 days | 0.7% | 135 surgeries | | 3 | [Monash Medical Centre \[Clayton\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/monash-medical-centre-clayton/grommets/) | 56 days | 0.5% | 220 surgeries | | 4 | [Monash Medical Centre \[Moorabbin\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/monash-medical-centre-moorabbin/grommets/) | 63 days | not published | 30 surgeries | | 5 | [Latrobe Regional Hospital \[Traralgon\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/latrobe-regional-hospital-traralgon/grommets/) | 73 days | not published | 45 surgeries | | 6 | [The Northern Hospital \[Epping\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-northern-hospital-epping/grommets/) | 76 days | 0.0% | 90 surgeries | | 7 | [Frankston Public Surgical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/frankston-public-surgical-centre/grommets/) | 90 days | not published | 10 surgeries | | 8 | [Box Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/box-hill-hospital/grommets/) | 91 days | not published | 37 surgeries | | 9 | [Angliss Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/angliss-hospital/grommets/) | 99 days | 0.0% | 66 surgeries | | 10 | [Frankston Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/frankston-hospital/grommets/) | 113 days | 2.4% | 82 surgeries | | 11 | [Royal Children's Hospital \[Parkville\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/grommets/) | 136 days | 7.8% | 115 surgeries | | 12 | [West Gippsland Healthcare Group \[Warragul\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/west-gippsland-healthcare-group-warragul/grommets/) | 161 days | not published | 33 surgeries | | 13 | [Sunshine Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sunshine-hospital/grommets/) | 244 days | 13.6% | 66 surgeries | | 14 | [Austin Hospital \[Heidelberg\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/austin-hospital-heidelberg/grommets/) | 310 days | not published | 24 surgeries | | 15 | [Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital \[Heidelberg West\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/heidelberg-repatriation-hospital-heidelberg-west/grommets/) | 329 days | not published | 42 surgeries | | unranked | [Albury Wodonga Health \[Wodonga Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albury-wodonga-health-wodonga-campus/grommets/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Blackburn Public Surgical Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blackburn-public-surgical-centre/grommets/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Djerriwarrh Health Service \[Bacchus Marsh\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/djerriwarrh-health-service-bacchus-marsh/grommets/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Northeast Health Wangaratta](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northeast-health-wangaratta/grommets/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Royal Melbourne Hospital \[City Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-melbourne-hospital-city-campus/grommets/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [South West Healthcare \[Warrnambool\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-west-healthcare-warrnambool/grommets/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [The Alfred](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-alfred/grommets/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [The Kilmore & District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-kilmore-district-hospital/grommets/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Williamstown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/grommets/) | not published | not published | not published | Ranked by area in Victoria: [near Box Hill](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/grommets/near/box-hill/) · [near Clayton](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/grommets/near/clayton/) · [near Frankston](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/grommets/near/frankston/) · [near Heidelberg](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/grommets/near/heidelberg/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for grommets in Victoria public hospitals was 78 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Grommets waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/grommets/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/grommets/vic/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/grommets/vic/)), 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/grommets/), or see [every surgery reported in Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/state/vic/). ## 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. 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