Out-turned eyelid repair waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for out-turned eyelid repair in Australian public hospitals was 136 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 9 days at Peel Health Campus to 367 days at Macksville District Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Ectropion - correction of".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Across Australia, the median wait for out-turned eyelid repair in public hospitals was 136 days in 2024–25, from 1020 surgeries. 15.4% of people waited more than 365 days. 37 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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.
State by state
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 136 days marks the national median.
Western Australia: 92 days
Queensland: 111 days
Victoria: 129 days
New South Wales: 275 days
Australian Capital Territory: not published
Northern Territory: not published
South Australia: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Australia | 92 days | 11.2% | 233 surgeries |
| 2 | Queensland | 111 days | 7.2% | 237 surgeries |
| 3 | Victoria | 129 days | 16.3% | 178 surgeries |
| 4 | New South Wales | 275 days | 23.0% | 313 surgeries |
| unranked | Australian Capital Territory | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 13 surgeries |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 42 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near Herston · near Nedlands · near the Perth CBD.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- WA
- QLD
- VIC
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| Reference period | Australia (days) | WA (days) | QLD (days) | VIC (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 77 | 43 | 86 | 64 |
| 2017–18 | 84 | 52 | 86 | 92 |
| 2018–19 | 87 | 55 | 86 | 88 |
| 2019–20 | 93 | 68 | 87 | 93 |
| 2020–21 | 128 | 75 | 95 | 140 |
| 2021–22 | 111 | 70 | 84 | 86 |
| 2022–23 | 140 | 62 | 121 | 126 |
| 2023–24 | 147 | 82 | 109 | 159 |
| 2024–25 | 136 | 92 | 111 | 129 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for out-turned eyelid repair in a public hospital?
The national median was 136 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 92 days in Western Australia to 275 days in New South Wales.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for out-turned eyelid repair?
Of the 37 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Peel Health Campus reported the shortest median, 9 days, and Macksville District Hospital the longest, 367 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. How to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
15.4% of people who had out-turned eyelid repair in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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The national median wait for out-turned eyelid repair in Australian public hospitals was 136 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Out-turned eyelid repair waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ectropion-correction-of/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ectropion-correction-of/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.