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Eardrum drainage at Wagga Wagga Hospital

Wagga Wagga Hospital is a public hospital in the Turvey Park area, New South Wales. This page shows its waiting times for Eardrum drainage in 2024–25, beside the figures for New South Wales and for Australia.

The source publishes this surgery as "Myringotomy".

Figures for this hospital

Each tile shows one figure for Eardrum drainage at Wagga Wagga 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, Wagga Wagga Hospital
357 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank80th of 80 nationally

Change on the year before+135 days

Waiting more than 365 days, Wagga Wagga Hospital
31.6%2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank30th of 30 nationally

Patients treated, Wagga Wagga Hospital
114 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: Wagga Wagga Hospital, New South Wales and Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Who the figures coverMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Wagga Wagga Hospital357 days31.6%114 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)120 days10.3%1,537 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days5.6%5,479 surgeries

Shorter waits nearby

Wagga Wagga Hospital 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.

How this hospital's wait has changed

The median wait for Eardrum drainage at Wagga Wagga Hospital has risen from 245 days in 2011–12 to 357 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2011–12, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.

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, Wagga Wagga Hospital, New South Wales and Australia2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
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  • Wagga Wagga Hospital
  • New South Wales
  • Australia
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Eardrum drainage: median wait by financial year, Wagga Wagga Hospital, New South Wales and Australia2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearWagga Wagga HospitalNew South WalesAustralia
2011–12245 days76 days49 days
2012–13243 days68 days49 days
2013–14233 days71 days55 days
2014–15265 days78 days56 days
2015–16217 days69 days57 days
2016–17312 days73 days56 days
2017–18184 days73 days66 days
2018–1971 days84 days62 days
2019–2096 days86 days65 days
2020–2170 days98 days76 days
2021–2225 days79 days72 days
2022–2377 days92 days82 days
2023–24222 days106 days88 days
2024–25357 days120 days80 days

All planned surgery at Wagga Wagga Hospital

Eardrum drainage at every public hospital in Australia

Eardrum drainage in New South Wales

What this page leaves out

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

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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/