Glaucoma drainage surgery waiting time at Kempsey District Hospital
Half of patients at Kempsey District Hospital waited 76 days or less for glaucoma drainage surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Trabeculectomy". This public hospital is in the West Kempsey 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
- 76 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 39 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 19 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 29 days in 2018–19 to 76 days in 2024–25 — up 162% — while the national median rose from 27 days to 32 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Kurri Kurri Hospital, about 234 km away, at 62 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Trabeculectomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kempsey District Hospital | 76 days | not published | 39 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 54 days | 0.0% | 303 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 53 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 32 days | 0.1% | 716 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 32 days marks the national median.
Kurri Kurri Hospital, NSW · about 234 km away: 62 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 346 km away: 75 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 349 km away: 35 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 349 km away: 23 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 361 km away: 12 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 363 km away: 97 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 403 km away: 38 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 430 km away: 77 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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
- Kempsey District Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Kempsey District Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 47 | 21 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 42 | 24 |
| 2018–19 | 29 | 48 | 27 |
| 2019–20 | 61 | 41 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 52 | 30 | 21 |
| 2021–22 | 66 | 33 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 63 | 54 | 28 |
| 2023–24 | 79 | 38 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 76 | 54 | 32 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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