Droopy eyelid repair waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for droopy eyelid repair in Australian public hospitals was 238 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 18 days at St John of God Midland Public Hospital to 779 days at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]. The source publishes this surgery as "Ptosis - repair of".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Across Australia, the median wait for droopy eyelid repair in public hospitals was 238 days in 2024–25, from 781 surgeries. 25.4% of people waited more than 365 days. 30 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Ptosis - repair 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 238 days marks the national median.
Western Australia: 151 days
Queensland: 213 days
New South Wales: 348 days
Northern Territory: not published
South Australia: not published
Victoria: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Australia | 151 days | 22.2% | 225 surgeries |
| 2 | Queensland | 213 days | 14.5% | 186 surgeries |
| 3 | New South Wales | 348 days | 36.0% | 242 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 7 surgeries |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 46 surgeries |
| unranked | Victoria | not published | not published | 75 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near Liverpool · near Nedlands · near the Perth CBD · near Woolloongabba.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- WA
- QLD
- NSW
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| Reference period | Australia (days) | WA (days) | QLD (days) | NSW (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 141 | 87 | 88 | 266 |
| 2017–18 | 175 | 152 | 122 | 222 |
| 2018–19 | 181 | 132 | 128 | 238 |
| 2019–20 | 245 | 213 | 163 | 287 |
| 2020–21 | 303 | 266 | 241 | 321 |
| 2021–22 | 263 | 269 | 164 | 292 |
| 2022–23 | 251 | 126 | 241 | 313 |
| 2023–24 | 240 | 94 | 218 | 319 |
| 2024–25 | 238 | 151 | 213 | 348 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for droopy eyelid repair in a public hospital?
The national median was 238 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 151 days in Western Australia to 348 days in New South Wales.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for droopy eyelid repair?
Of the 30 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, St John of God Midland Public Hospital reported the shortest median, 18 days, and Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] the longest, 779 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?
25.4% of people who had droopy 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 droopy eyelid repair in Australian public hospitals was 238 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Droopy eyelid repair waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ptosis-repair-of/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ptosis-repair-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.