Squint surgery waiting time at Gosford Hospital
Half of patients at Gosford Hospital waited 78 days or less for squint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)". This public hospital is in the Gosford area of New South Wales.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 78 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 30 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 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 298 days in 2016–17 to 78 days in 2024–25 — down 74% — while the national median rose from 85 days to 155 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gosford Hospital | 78 days | not published | 30 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.
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 51 km away: 387 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 53 km away: 306 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 64 km away: 256 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 88 km away: 169 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 209 km away: 285 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Gosford Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gosford Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 298 | 237 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 259 | 217 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 309 | 218 | 123 |
| 2019–20 | 271 | 239 | 146 |
| 2020–21 | 331 | 229 | 168 |
| 2021–22 | 317 | 275 | 174 |
| 2022–23 | 525 | 272 | 212 |
| 2023–24 | 168 | 275 | 141 |
| 2024–25 | 78 | 281 | 155 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Gosford Hospital · Squint surgery across Australia · Squint surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales