Out-turned eyelid repair waiting time at Grafton Base Hospital
Half of patients at Grafton Base Hospital waited 322 days or less for out-turned eyelid repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Ectropion - correction of". This public hospital is in the Grafton 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
- 322 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 37 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 30 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Kempsey District Hospital, about 155 km away, at 279 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Ectropion - correction of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grafton Base Hospital | 322 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 275 days | 23.0% | 313 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 111 days | 7.2% | 237 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 136 days | 15.4% | 1020 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 136 days marks the national median.
Macksville District Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 367 days
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 155 km away: 279 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 196 km away: 231 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 242 km away: 111 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 244 km away: 179 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 248 km away: 95 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 248 km away: 87 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 248 km away: 319 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 — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Grafton Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Grafton Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 178 | 77 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 146 | 84 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 125 | 87 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 126 | 93 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 214 | 128 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 248 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 228 | 140 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 253 | 147 |
| 2024–25 | 322 | 275 | 136 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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