Excess eyelid skin removal waiting time at Tamworth Hospital
Half of patients at Tamworth Hospital waited 342 days or less for excess eyelid skin removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Blepharoplasty". This public hospital is in the North Tamworth 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
- 342 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 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 263 days in 2016–17 to 342 days in 2024–25 — up 30% — while the national median rose from 85 days to 246 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, about 143 km away, at 156 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Blepharoplasty" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamworth Hospital | 342 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 335 days | 27.0% | 174 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 98 days | 11.7% | 145 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 246 days | 23.0% | 666 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 246 days marks the national median.
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 143 km away: 156 days
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 181 km away: 200 days
Kurri Kurri Hospital, NSW · about 201 km away: 355 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 304 km away: 294 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 312 km away: 378 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 340 km away: 271 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 420 km away: 343 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 447 km away: 28 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
- Tamworth Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Tamworth Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 263 | 263 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 183 | 222 | 111 |
| 2018–19 | 175 | 211 | 126 |
| 2019–20 | 340 | 262 | 128 |
| 2020–21 | 277 | 278 | 245 |
| 2021–22 | 310 | 250 | 149 |
| 2022–23 | 330 | 308 | 254 |
| 2023–24 | 348 | 307 | 262 |
| 2024–25 | 342 | 335 | 246 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Tamworth Hospital · Excess eyelid skin removal across Australia · Excess eyelid skin removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales