Eardrum drainage near St Leonards
Eardrum drainage near St Leonards: planned surgery waiting times. Hospitals listed here with a median wait in 2024–25: 5.
This page lists public hospitals of the Northern Sydney network within 25 kilometres of Royal North Shore Hospital.
It also lists public hospitals outside that network within 25 kilometres of one of them.
National figures
These figures cover every public hospital in Australia that reported this surgery. A national figure is never ranked.
- Median wait, Australia
- 80 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
- 5.6%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Australia
- 5,479 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Hospitals near St Leonards
The shortest median wait comes first. A hospital with no published median wait follows, in name order, and has no rank.
A rank compares a 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.
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| Hospital | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | 46 daysRank 17th of 80 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 18 surgeries |
| Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital | 65 daysRank 27th of 80 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 24 surgeries |
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 90 daysRank 43rd of 80 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 30 surgeries |
| Northern Beaches Hospital | 281 daysRank 73rd of 80 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 47 surgeries |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 307 daysRank 77th of 80 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 11 surgeries |
How waits have changed
Each chart shows one figure 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.
The charts show Australia and New South Wales, where these hospitals are.
- Australia
- New South Wales
Show the figures as a table
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| Financial year | Australia | New South Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 49 days | 76 days |
| 2012–13 | 49 days | 68 days |
| 2013–14 | 55 days | 71 days |
| 2014–15 | 56 days | 78 days |
| 2015–16 | 57 days | 69 days |
| 2016–17 | 56 days | 73 days |
| 2017–18 | 66 days | 73 days |
| 2018–19 | 62 days | 84 days |
| 2019–20 | 65 days | 86 days |
| 2020–21 | 76 days | 98 days |
| 2021–22 | 72 days | 79 days |
| 2022–23 | 82 days | 92 days |
| 2023–24 | 88 days | 106 days |
| 2024–25 | 80 days | 120 days |
All of Australia: Eardrum drainage
Eardrum drainage in New South Wales
Nearby places
The same surgery near other places 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.
Before you use these figures
Surgery Waits is not medical advice. Your general practitioner and your treating specialist can help you decide what is right for you.
In an emergency, call 000.
Where this data comes from
- 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
- 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/