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Droopy eyelid repair waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for droopy eyelid repair in New South Wales public hospitals was 348 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 238 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Ptosis - repair of".

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

25 public hospitals in New South Wales reported droopy eyelid repair in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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16 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 238 days marks the national median.

Ptosis - repair 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 Concord Repatriation Hospital 248 days not published 14 surgeries
2 Liverpool Hospital 325 days not published 13 surgeries
3 Macksville District Hospital 333 days not published 12 surgeries
4 The Children's Hospital at Westmead 346 days not published 33 surgeries
5 Westmead Hospital 351 days not published 24 surgeries
6 Royal North Shore Hospital 353 days not published 10 surgeries
7 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital 358 days not published 16 surgeries
7 Kurri Kurri Hospital 358 days not published 17 surgeries
9 Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital 369 days not published 44 surgeries
unranked Broken Hill Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Dubbo Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Gosford Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Grafton Base Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked John Hunter Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Kempsey District Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Lismore Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Moree Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Prince of Wales Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal Prince Alfred Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Shellharbour Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Sydney Children's Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Tamworth Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Wagga Wagga Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Wyong Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries

Ranked by area in New South Wales: near Liverpool.

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The median wait for droopy eyelid repair in New South Wales public hospitals was 348 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Droopy eyelid repair waiting times in New South Wales", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ptosis-repair-of/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ptosis-repair-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.