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Squint surgery waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for squint surgery in New South Wales public hospitals was 281 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 155 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)".

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

17 public hospitals in New South Wales reported squint surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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11 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 155 days marks the national median.

Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) 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 Gosford Hospital 78 days not published 30 surgeries
2 Campbelltown Hospital 169 days not published 12 surgeries
3 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital 256 days not published 16 surgeries
4 Orange Health Service 285 days not published 33 surgeries
5 The Children's Hospital at Westmead 306 days 34.8% 92 surgeries
6 Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital 387 days not published 25 surgeries
unranked John Hunter Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Kurri Kurri Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Liverpool Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Manning Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal North Shore Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Royal Prince Alfred Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Sydney Children's Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Tamworth Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Wagga Wagga Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Westmead Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Wyong Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries

Ranked by area in New South Wales: near Liverpool.

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The median wait for squint surgery in New South Wales public hospitals was 281 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

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