Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) waiting times in New South Wales

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

17 public hospitals in New South Wales reported Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) in 2024–25. The state median was 281 days; the national median was 155 days.

11 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 155 days marks the national median.

Gosford Hospital78 days
Campbelltown Hospital169 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital256 days
Orange Health Service285 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead306 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital387 days
John Hunter Hospitalnot published
Kurri Kurri Hospitalnot published
Liverpool Hospitalnot published
Manning Hospitalnot published
Royal North Shore Hospitalnot published
Royal Prince Alfred Hospitalnot published
Sydney Children's Hospitalnot published
Tamworth Hospitalnot published
Wagga Wagga Hospitalnot published
Westmead Hospitalnot published
Wyong Hospitalnot published

Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) 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	Gosford Hospital	78 days	not published	30 surgeries
2	Campbelltown Hospital	169 days	not published	12 surgeries
3	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	256 days	not published	16 surgeries
4	Orange Health Service	285 days	not published	33 surgeries
5	The Children's Hospital at Westmead	306 days	34.8%	92 surgeries
6	Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital	387 days	not published	25 surgeries
unranked	John Hunter Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Kurri Kurri Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Liverpool Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Manning Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Royal North Shore Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Sydney Children's Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Tamworth Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Wagga Wagga Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Westmead Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Wyong Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries

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.