Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting time at Liverpool Hospital
Half of patients at Liverpool Hospital waited 443 days or less for pterygium (eye growth) removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pterygium - excision of". This public hospital is in the Warwick Farm 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
- 443 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 22 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 65 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 65 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 205 days in 2016–17 to 443 days in 2024–25 — up 116% — while the national median rose from 128 days to 197 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, about 8 km away, at 323 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Hospital | 443 days | not published | 22 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 346 days | 32.1% | 735 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 197 days | 15.7% | 2442 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 197 days marks the national median.
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 323 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 396 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 24 km away: 44 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 373 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 365 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 61 km away: 290 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 72 km away: 360 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 89 km away: 320 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Liverpool Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Liverpool Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 205 | 260 | 128 |
| 2017–18 | 282 | 277 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 338 | 275 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 349 | 315 | 155 |
| 2020–21 | 220 | 331 | 230 |
| 2021–22 | 363 | 306 | 238 |
| 2022–23 | 225 | 329 | 241 |
| 2023–24 | 156 | 317 | 191 |
| 2024–25 | 443 | 346 | 197 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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