Squint surgery waiting time at Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital
Half of patients at Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital waited 387 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 Sydney 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
- 387 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 25 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 25 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 304 days in 2016–17 to 387 days in 2024–25 — up 27% — while the national median rose from 85 days to 155 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, about 19 km away, at 256 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital | 387 days | not published | 25 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.
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 256 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 22 km away: 306 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 44 km away: 169 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 51 km away: 78 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 206 km away: 285 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 304 | 237 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 291 | 217 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 183 | 218 | 123 |
| 2019–20 | 279 | 239 | 146 |
| 2020–21 | 343 | 229 | 168 |
| 2021–22 | 348 | 275 | 174 |
| 2022–23 | 400 | 272 | 212 |
| 2023–24 | 363 | 275 | 141 |
| 2024–25 | 387 | 281 | 155 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital · Squint surgery across Australia · Squint surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales