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Eardrum drainage at Karratha Health Campus

Karratha Health Campus is a public hospital in the Pegs Creek area, Western Australia. This page shows its waiting times for Eardrum drainage in 2024–25, beside the figures for Western Australia and for Australia.

The source publishes this surgery as "Myringotomy".

Figures for this hospital

Each tile shows one figure for Eardrum drainage at Karratha Health Campus.

A rank compares this hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.

Median wait, Karratha Health Campus
1 day2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank1st of 80 nationally

Waiting more than 365 days, Karratha Health Campus
not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, Karratha Health Campus
11 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Compared with the state and Australia

The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Eardrum drainage. They are never ranked.

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Eardrum drainage: Karratha Health Campus, Western Australia and Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Who the figures coverMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Karratha Health Campus1 daynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure11 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)90 days4.7%830 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days5.6%5,479 surgeries

Shorter waits nearby

Karratha Health Campus has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. No hospital on that list published a shorter median wait for Eardrum drainage in 2024–25.

Each chart shows the median wait for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.

Eardrum drainage: median wait by financial year, Karratha Health Campus2018–19 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
012018–192020–212022–232024–25
  • Karratha Health Campus
  • No figure published for this year. The table gives the reason.
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Eardrum drainage: median wait by financial year, Karratha Health Campus2018–19 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearKarratha Health Campus
2018–19not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2019–20not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2020–21not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2021–22not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2022–23not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2023–24not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2024–251 day
Eardrum drainage: median wait by financial year, Western Australia and Australia2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
0501002012–132015–162018–192021–222024–25
  • Western Australia
  • Australia
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Eardrum drainage: median wait by financial year, Western Australia and Australia2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearWestern AustraliaAustralia
2011–1248 days49 days
2012–1351 days49 days
2013–1455 days55 days
2014–1565 days56 days
2015–1663 days57 days
2016–1758 days56 days
2017–1884 days66 days
2018–1986 days62 days
2019–2083 days65 days
2020–2199 days76 days
2021–2285 days72 days
2022–2383 days82 days
2023–2491 days88 days
2024–2590 days80 days

All planned surgery at Karratha Health Campus

Eardrum drainage at every public hospital in Australia

Eardrum drainage in Western Australia

What this page leaves out

Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.

Before you use these figures

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Where this data comes from

  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/