Out-turned eyelid repair waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 364 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 Turvey Park 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
- 364 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 24 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 35 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 199 days in 2016–17 to 364 days in 2024–25 — up 83% — while the national median rose from 77 days to 136 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Shellharbour Hospital, about 324 km away, at 332 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Ectropion - correction of" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 364 days | not published | 24 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 275 days | 23.0% | 313 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.
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 324 km away: 332 days
Yarra Ranges Health, VIC · about 344 km away: 308 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 353 km away: 202 days
Broadmeadows Health Service, VIC · about 360 km away: 147 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 363 km away: 138 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 367 km away: 37 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 370 km away: 80 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 371 km away: 94 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
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 199 | 178 | 77 |
| 2017–18 | 164 | 146 | 84 |
| 2018–19 | 249 | 125 | 87 |
| 2019–20 | 230 | 126 | 93 |
| 2020–21 | 340 | 214 | 128 |
| 2021–22 | 324 | 248 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 405 | 228 | 140 |
| 2023–24 | 344 | 253 | 147 |
| 2024–25 | 364 | 275 | 136 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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