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Glaucoma drainage surgery waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for glaucoma drainage surgery in New South Wales public hospitals was 54 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 32 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Trabeculectomy".

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

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

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Trabeculectomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

13 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 32 days marks the national median.

Trabeculectomy 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 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital 12 days not published 17 surgeries
2 Westmead Hospital 23 days 0.0% 63 surgeries
3 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 35 days not published 11 surgeries
4 Kurri Kurri Hospital 62 days not published 12 surgeries
5 Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital 75 days not published 45 surgeries
6 Kempsey District Hospital 76 days not published 39 surgeries
7 Shellharbour Hospital 77 days not published 13 surgeries
8 Liverpool Hospital 97 days not published 48 surgeries
unranked Batemans Bay Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Campbelltown Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Concord Repatriation Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital not published not published not published
unranked John Hunter Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Lismore Base Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Macksville District Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Port Macquarie Base Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Royal North Shore Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Tamworth Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Children's Hospital at Westmead not published not published not published
unranked Wagga Wagga Hospital not published not published not published
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 glaucoma drainage surgery in New South Wales public hospitals was 54 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Glaucoma drainage surgery waiting times in NSW", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/trabeculectomy/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/trabeculectomy/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.