Out-turned eyelid repair waiting time at Macksville District Hospital
Half of patients at Macksville District Hospital waited 367 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 Macksville 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
- 367 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 19 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 37 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 316 days in 2017–18 to 367 days in 2024–25 — up 16% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 136 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Kempsey District Hospital, about 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macksville District Hospital | 367 days | not published | 19 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.
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 41 km away: 279 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 322 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 195 km away: 319 days
Kurri Kurri Hospital, NSW · about 272 km away: 329 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 310 km away: 231 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 358 km away: 111 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 359 km away: 179 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 363 km away: 95 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
- Macksville District Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Macksville District Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 178 | 77 |
| 2017–18 | 316 | 146 | 84 |
| 2018–19 | 301 | 125 | 87 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 126 | 93 |
| 2020–21 | 372 | 214 | 128 |
| 2021–22 | 313 | 248 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 284 | 228 | 140 |
| 2023–24 | 328 | 253 | 147 |
| 2024–25 | 367 | 275 | 136 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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