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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.

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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.

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] 30 days not published 40 surgeries
2 Casey Hospital 42 days 0.7% 135 surgeries
3 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 56 days 0.5% 220 surgeries
4 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 63 days not published 30 surgeries
5 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 73 days not published 45 surgeries
6 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 76 days 0.0% 90 surgeries
7 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 90 days not published 10 surgeries
8 Box Hill Hospital 91 days not published 37 surgeries
9 Angliss Hospital 99 days 0.0% 66 surgeries
10 Frankston Hospital 113 days 2.4% 82 surgeries
11 Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] 136 days 7.8% 115 surgeries
12 West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] 161 days not published 33 surgeries
13 Sunshine Hospital 244 days 13.6% 66 surgeries
14 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 310 days not published 24 surgeries
15 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 329 days not published 42 surgeries
unranked Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] not published not published not published
unranked Blackburn Public Surgical Centre not published not published not published
unranked Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] not published not published not published
unranked Northeast Health Wangaratta not published not published not published
unranked Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] not published not published not published
unranked South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked The Alfred not published not published not published
unranked The Kilmore & District Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Williamstown Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Box Hill · near Clayton · near Frankston · near Heidelberg.

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

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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/), 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 Victoria.