Out-turned eyelid repair waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Adelaide Hospital waited 198 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 Adelaide area of South Australia.
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
- 198 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 37 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 73 days in 2016–17 to 198 days in 2024–25 — up 171% — while the national median rose from 77 days to 136 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 555 km away, at 125 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 198 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 275 days | 23.0% | 313 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 42 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 129 days | 16.3% | 178 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.
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 555 km away: 125 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 629 km away: 94 days
Broadmeadows Health Service, VIC · about 645 km away: 147 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 656 km away: 37 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 658 km away: 80 days
Yarra Ranges Health, VIC · about 683 km away: 308 days
Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre, VIC · about 695 km away: 329 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 799 km away: 364 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 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
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Adelaide Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 73 | not published | 77 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 84 |
| 2018–19 | 185 | not published | 87 |
| 2019–20 | 133 | not published | 93 |
| 2020–21 | 93 | not published | 128 |
| 2021–22 | 127 | not published | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 146 | not published | 140 |
| 2023–24 | 95 | not published | 147 |
| 2024–25 | 198 | not published | 136 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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