Glaucoma drainage surgery waiting time at The Alfred
Half of patients at The Alfred waited 23 days or less for glaucoma drainage surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Trabeculectomy". This public hospital is in the South Yarra area of Victoria.
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
- 23 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 19 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 19 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 28 days in 2016–17 to 23 days in 2024–25 — down 18% — while the national median rose from 21 days to 32 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, about 4 km away, at 17 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Trabeculectomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Alfred | 23 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 54 days | 0.0% | 303 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 66 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 52 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.0% | 156 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 32 days | 0.1% | 716 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 32 days marks the national median.
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 4 km away: 17 days
Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre, VIC · about 40 km away: 37 days
Launceston General Hospital, TAS · about 441 km away: 23 days
Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS · about 594 km away: 147 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 640 km away: 77 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 654 km away: 52 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 658 km away: 36 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 691 km away: 97 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
- The Alfred
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Alfred (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 28 | 13 | 21 |
| 2017–18 | 53 | 14 | 24 |
| 2018–19 | 28 | 17 | 27 |
| 2019–20 | 6 | 15 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 22 | 11 | 21 |
| 2021–22 | 16 | 12 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 13 | 19 | 28 |
| 2023–24 | 7 | 14 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 23 | 20 | 32 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Alfred · Glaucoma drainage surgery across Australia · Glaucoma drainage surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria