Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) waiting time at Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) 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: 387 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 25 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 25 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 Procedure for strabismus (squint repair), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital	387 days	not published	25 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	281 days	25.4%	264 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	155 days	14.4%	1087 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 155 days marks the national median.

Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 19 km away256 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 22 km away306 days
Campbelltown HospitalNSW · about 44 km away169 days
Gosford HospitalNSW · about 51 km away78 days
Orange Health ServiceNSW · about 206 km away285 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Procedure for strabismus (squint repair), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	304	237	85
2017–18	291	217	101
2018–19	183	218	123
2019–20	279	239	146
2020–21	343	229	168
2021–22	348	275	174
2022–23	400	272	212
2023–24	363	275	141
2024–25	387	281	155

What is not here

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

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