Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) waiting time at Westmead Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) 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: 19 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 214 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 8.4%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 6 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 Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Westmead Hospital	19 days	8.4%	214 surgeries
Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals)	not published	not published	56 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	34 days	3.6%	1400 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	26 days	2.6%	3742 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.

The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 0 km away20 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 10 km away13 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 14 km away58 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 19 km away47 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 20 km away11 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye HospitalNSW · about 22 km away80 days
Kurri Kurri HospitalNSW · about 118 km away15 days
The Canberra HospitalACT · about 243 km away41 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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 Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Westmead Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	19	22	19
2017–18	26	27	21
2018–19	13	28	22
2019–20	55	42	21
2020–21	15	25	19
2021–22	19	22	18
2022–23	20	30	24
2023–24	21	26	22
2024–25	19	34	26

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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