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Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for pterygium (eye growth) removal in New South Wales public hospitals was 346 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 197 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Pterygium - excision of".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

36 public hospitals in New South Wales reported pterygium (eye growth) removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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14 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 197 days marks the national median.

Pterygium - excision of in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 44 days not published 14 surgeries
2 Moree Hospital 253 days not published 17 surgeries
3 Murwillumbah District Hospital 275 days not published 16 surgeries
4 Bourke Multi Purpose Service 286 days not published 11 surgeries
5 Blue Mountains Hospital 290 days not published 12 surgeries
6 Kempsey District Hospital 293 days not published 24 surgeries
7 Bathurst Base Hospital 318 days not published 11 surgeries
8 Wyong Hospital 320 days not published 22 surgeries
9 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital 323 days not published 29 surgeries
10 Tamworth Hospital 329 days 16.9% 59 surgeries
11 Dubbo Hospital 345 days not published 20 surgeries
12 Macksville District Hospital 350 days 36.5% 52 surgeries
13 Orange Health Service 351 days not published 17 surgeries
13 Wagga Wagga Hospital 351 days not published 18 surgeries
15 Lismore Base Hospital 355 days not published 41 surgeries
16 Kurri Kurri Hospital 356 days 35.9% 78 surgeries
17 Grafton Base Hospital 360 days not published 18 surgeries
17 Shellharbour Hospital 360 days 40.7% 59 surgeries
19 Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital 365 days 49.4% 83 surgeries
20 Royal North Shore Hospital 373 days not published 21 surgeries
21 Westmead Hospital 396 days not published 39 surgeries
22 Liverpool Hospital 443 days not published 22 surgeries
unranked Auburn Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Belmont Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Bowral Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Broken Hill Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Campbelltown Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Concord Repatriation Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Lachlan Health Service - Forbes not published not published not published
unranked Lithgow Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Manning Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Port Macquarie Base Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Prince of Wales Hospital not published not published not published
unranked South East Regional Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Sutherland Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in New South Wales: near Liverpool.

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The median wait for pterygium (eye growth) removal in New South Wales public hospitals was 346 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting times in NSW", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pterygium-excision-of/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pterygium-excision-of/nsw/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.