Squint surgery waiting time at Orange Health Service
Half of patients at Orange Health Service waited 285 days or less for squint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)". This public hospital is in the Spring Creek 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
- 285 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 33 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 332 days in 2020–21 to 285 days in 2024–25 — down 14% — while the national median fell from 168 days to 155 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Campbelltown Hospital, about 180 km away, at 169 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Health Service | 285 days | not published | 33 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 281 days | 25.4% | 264 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 155 days | 14.4% | 1087 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 155 days marks the national median.
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 180 km away: 169 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 184 km away: 306 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 191 km away: 256 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 206 km away: 387 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 209 km away: 78 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Orange Health Service
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Orange Health Service (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 237 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 217 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 218 | 123 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 239 | 146 |
| 2020–21 | 332 | 229 | 168 |
| 2021–22 | 280 | 275 | 174 |
| 2022–23 | 300 | 272 | 212 |
| 2023–24 | 335 | 275 | 141 |
| 2024–25 | 285 | 281 | 155 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Orange Health Service · Squint surgery across Australia · Squint surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales