Eardrum repair at Palmerston Regional Hospital
Palmerston Regional Hospital is a public hospital in the Farrar area, Northern Territory. This page shows its waiting times for Eardrum repair in 2024–25, beside the figures for Northern Territory and for Australia.
The source publishes this surgery as "Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty".
Figures for this hospital
Each tile shows one figure for Eardrum repair at Palmerston Regional Hospital.
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, Palmerston Regional Hospital
- 326 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank33rd of 58 nationally
- Waiting more than 365 days, Palmerston Regional Hospital
- not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Palmerston Regional Hospital
- 21 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Compared with the state and Australia
The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Eardrum repair. They are never ranked.
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| Who the figures cover | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmerston Regional Hospital | 326 days | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 21 surgeries |
| Northern Territory (all public hospitals) | 377 days | 52.8% | 108 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 264 days | 28.3% | 1,627 surgeries |
Shorter waits nearby
Palmerston Regional Hospital has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. The open hospitals below come from that list, nearest first, and each published a shorter median wait for Eardrum repair than Palmerston Regional Hospital did. Each distance is measured in a straight line.
- Kununurra Hospital441 kilometres away215 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
How this hospital's wait has changed
The median wait for Eardrum repair at Palmerston Regional Hospital has risen from 292 days in 2021–22 to 326 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2021–22, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.
How the wait has changed
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.
- Palmerston Regional Hospital
- No figure published for this year. The table gives the reason.
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| Financial year | Palmerston Regional Hospital |
|---|---|
| 2019–20 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure |
| 2020–21 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure |
| 2021–22 | 292 days |
| 2022–23 | 420 days |
| 2023–24 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure |
| 2024–25 | 326 days |
- Northern Territory
- Australia
- No figure published for this year. The table gives the reason.
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| Financial year | Northern Territory | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 92 days | 105 days |
| 2012–13 | 143 days | 123 days |
| 2013–14 | 155 days | 128 days |
| 2014–15 | 243 days | 137 days |
| 2015–16 | 202 days | 173 days |
| 2016–17 | 234 days | 170 days |
| 2017–18 | 76 days | 195 days |
| 2018–19 | 128 days | 200 days |
| 2019–20 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 214 days |
| 2020–21 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 292 days |
| 2021–22 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 259 days |
| 2022–23 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 283 days |
| 2023–24 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 267 days |
| 2024–25 | 377 days | 264 days |
More on this page's subjects
All planned surgery at Palmerston Regional Hospital
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/