Examination of eye under anaesthesia waiting times in New South Wales

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

23 public hospitals in New South Wales reported Examination of eye under anaesthesia in 2024–25. The state median was 43 days; the national median was 34 days.

20 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

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

Sydney Children's Hospital25 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead43 days
John Hunter Hospital52 days
Armidale Hospitalnot published
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospitalnot published
Belmont Hospitalnot published
Broken Hill Hospitalnot published
Campbelltown Hospitalnot published
Dubbo Hospitalnot published
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalnot published
Gosford Hospitalnot published
Hawkesbury Hospitalnot published
Lismore Base Hospitalnot published
Liverpool Hospitalnot published
Port Macquarie Base Hospitalnot published
Royal North Shore Hospitalnot published
Royal Prince Alfred Hospitalnot published
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospitalnot published
Tamworth Hospitalnot published
Tweed Valley Hospitalnot published
Wagga Wagga Hospitalnot published
Westmead Hospitalnot published
Wyong Hospitalnot published

Examination of eye under anaesthesia in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Sydney Children's Hospital	25 days	not published	18 surgeries
2	The Children's Hospital at Westmead	43 days	1.0%	97 surgeries
3	John Hunter Hospital	52 days	not published	12 surgeries
unranked	Armidale Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Belmont Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Broken Hill Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Campbelltown Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Dubbo Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Gosford Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Hawkesbury Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Lismore Base Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Liverpool Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Port Macquarie Base Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Royal North Shore Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Tamworth Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Tweed Valley Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Wagga Wagga Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Westmead Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Wyong Hospital	not published	not published	not published

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state.