Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting time at Moree Hospital
Half of patients at Moree Hospital waited 253 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 Moree 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
- 253 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 17 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 39 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 263 days in 2020–21 to 253 days in 2024–25 — down 4% — while the national median fell from 230 days to 197 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Roma Hospital, about 339 km away, at 223 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moree Hospital | 253 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 346 days | 32.1% | 735 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 184 days | 4.5% | 512 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.
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 206 km away: 329 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 301 km away: 360 days
Macksville District Hospital, NSW · about 327 km away: 350 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 329 km away: 345 days
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 337 km away: 293 days
Roma Hospital, QLD · about 339 km away: 223 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 343 km away: 355 days
Murwillumbah District Hospital, NSW · about 369 km away: 275 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
- Moree Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Moree Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 260 | 128 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 277 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 275 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 315 | 155 |
| 2020–21 | 263 | 331 | 230 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 306 | 238 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 329 | 241 |
| 2023–24 | 324 | 317 | 191 |
| 2024–25 | 253 | 346 | 197 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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