Examination of eye under anaesthesia waiting time at Sydney Children's Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Examination of eye under anaesthesia at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 25 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 18 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 11 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Examination of eye under anaesthesia, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Sydney Children's Hospital	25 days	not published	18 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	43 days	2.4%	167 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	49 days	0.6%	324 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	21 days	3.7%	296 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	34 days	2.3%	1020 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 34 days marks the national median.

The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 26 km away43 days
John Hunter HospitalNSW · about 118 km away52 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 467 km away8 days
Gold Coast University HospitalQLD · about 693 km away42 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 706 km away23 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 712 km away21 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 735 km away49 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Examination of eye under anaesthesia, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Sydney Children's Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	47	29
2017–18	18	34	31
2018–19	21	41	41
2019–20	not published	49	39
2020–21	24	28	35
2021–22	27	41	42
2022–23	27	35	40
2023–24	35	35	35
2024–25	25	43	34

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

All surgery at Sydney Children's Hospital · Examination of eye under anaesthesia across Australia · Examination of eye under anaesthesia in New South Wales