Examination of eye under anaesthesia waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Examination of eye under anaesthesia, nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Examination of eye under anaesthesia in public hospitals was 34 days in 2024–25, from 1020 surgeries. 2.3% of people waited more than 365 days. 11 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

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

Victoria21 days
Western Australia32 days
New South Wales43 days
Queensland49 days
Northern Territorynot published
South Australianot published

Examination of eye under anaesthesia in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Victoria	21 days	3.7%	296 surgeries
2	Western Australia	32 days	0.7%	147 surgeries
3	New South Wales	43 days	2.4%	167 surgeries
4	Queensland	49 days	0.6%	324 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	not published
unranked	South Australia	not published	not published	84 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
WA
NSW

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	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	WA (days)	NSW (days)
2016–17	29	16	not published	47
2017–18	31	21	not published	34
2018–19	41	28	not published	41
2019–20	39	22	not published	49
2020–21	35	22	not published	28
2021–22	42	23	55	41
2022–23	40	27	not published	35
2023–24	35	22	77	35
2024–25	34	21	32	43

What is not here

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

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.