Eardrum repair at Western Hospital [Footscray]
Western Hospital [Footscray] is a public hospital in the Footscray area, Victoria. This page shows its waiting times for Eardrum repair in 2024–25, beside the figures for Victoria and for Australia.
The source publishes this surgery as "Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty".
Figures for this hospital
Each tile shows one figure for Eardrum repair at Western Hospital [Footscray].
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, Western Hospital [Footscray]
- 787 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank58th of 58 nationally
- Waiting more than 365 days, Western Hospital [Footscray]
- not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Western Hospital [Footscray]
- 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 repair. They are never ranked.
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| Who the figures cover | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Hospital [Footscray] | 787 days | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 11 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 207 days | 34.2% | 322 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 264 days | 28.3% | 1,627 surgeries |
Shorter waits nearby
Western Hospital [Footscray] 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 Western Hospital [Footscray] did. Each distance is measured in a straight line.
- Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]6 kilometres away175 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
How this hospital's wait has changed
The median wait for Eardrum repair at Western Hospital [Footscray] has risen from 84 days in 2013–14 to 787 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2013–14, 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.
- Western Hospital [Footscray]
- Victoria
- Australia
- No figure published for this year. The table gives the reason.
Show the figures as a table
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| Financial year | Western Hospital [Footscray] | Victoria | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 108 days | 105 days |
| 2012–13 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 131 days | 123 days |
| 2013–14 | 84 days | 140 days | 128 days |
| 2014–15 | 32 days | 121 days | 137 days |
| 2015–16 | 60 days | 154 days | 173 days |
| 2016–17 | 50 days | 104 days | 170 days |
| 2017–18 | 85 days | 149 days | 195 days |
| 2018–19 | 218 days | 174 days | 200 days |
| 2019–20 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 164 days | 214 days |
| 2020–21 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 276 days | 292 days |
| 2021–22 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 340 days | 259 days |
| 2022–23 | 480 days | 293 days | 283 days |
| 2023–24 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 314 days | 267 days |
| 2024–25 | 787 days | 207 days | 264 days |
More on this page's subjects
All planned surgery at Western Hospital [Footscray]
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/