Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital is a public hospital in New South Wales. It reported 20 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 18 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fracture non-union - treatment of | 6 days | 60 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Trabeculectomy | 75 days | 45 surgeries | not published |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) | 80 days | 538 surgeries | 0.6% |
| Carpal tunnel release | 103 days | 202 surgeries | 14.4% |
| Dacryocystorhinostomy | 323 days | 49 surgeries | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | 347 days | 39 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 353 days | 4574 surgeries | 41.1% |
| Ectropion - correction of | 363 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Pterygium - excision of | 365 days | 83 surgeries | 49.4% |
| Ptosis - repair of | 369 days | 44 surgeries | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | 371 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| Dupytren's contracture release | 375 days | 64 surgeries | 59.4% |
| Blepharoplasty | 378 days | 34 surgeries | not published |
| Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) | 387 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| Arthrodesis | not published | not published | not published |
| Arthroscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Examination of eye under anaesthesia | not published | not published | not published |
| Nerve decompression | not published | not published | not published |
| Osteotomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Adenoidectomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Amputation of limb last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Arthroplasty - revision of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Exostosis - excision of last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Microlaryngoscopy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myringotomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasal polypectomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasendoscopy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Scar revision last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Septoplasty last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Shoulder joint replacement last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Sub-mucosal resection last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tendon release last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 13 days | 100% | 580 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 94 days | 46% | 3176 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 378 days | 35% | 3638 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.