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Retina surgery in New South Wales

Retina surgery in New South Wales: planned surgery waiting times at public hospitals, with the national figures beside them. Public hospitals in New South Wales that published a median wait in 2024–25: 9.

Figures for New South Wales

Each tile shows the state figure and the national figure for the same measure. A state figure is never ranked.

Median wait, New South Wales
34 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Median wait, Australia
26 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Waiting more than 365 days, New South Wales
3.6%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
2.6%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, New South Wales
1,400 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, Australia
3,742 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Hospitals in New South Wales

The shortest median wait comes first. A hospital with no published median wait follows, in name order, and has no rank.

A rank compares a hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.

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Retina surgery: public hospitals in New South Wales2024–25, released 19 August 2026
HospitalMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital11 daysRank 1st of 25 nationallynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure20 surgeries
Concord Repatriation Hospital13 daysRank 2nd of 25 nationally0.0%Rank 1st of 18 nationally51 surgeries
Kurri Kurri Hospital15 daysRank 4th of 25 nationally1.1%Rank 9th of 18 nationally275 surgeries
Westmead Hospital19 daysRank 6th of 25 nationally8.4%Rank 15th of 18 nationally214 surgeries
The Children's Hospital at Westmead20 daysRank 8th of 25 nationallynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure18 surgeries
Royal North Shore Hospital47 daysRank 18th of 25 nationally14.0%Rank 18th of 18 nationally50 surgeries
Liverpool Hospital58 daysRank 20th of 25 nationally10.9%Rank 16th of 18 nationally128 surgeries
Lismore Base Hospital70 daysRank 21st of 25 nationally6.3%Rank 14th of 18 nationally96 surgeries
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital80 daysRank 22nd of 25 nationally0.6%Rank 8th of 18 nationally538 surgeries
Dubbo Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Hawkesbury Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Mudgee Health Servicenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Shellharbour Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Sydney Children's Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients

Each chart shows one figure for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.

The charts show Australia and New South Wales.

Retina surgery: median wait by financial year2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
02040602016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25
  • Australia
  • New South Wales
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Retina surgery: median wait by financial year2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearAustraliaNew South Wales
2016–1719 days22 days
2017–1821 days27 days
2018–1922 days28 days
2019–2021 days42 days
2020–2119 days25 days
2021–2218 days22 days
2022–2324 days30 days
2023–2422 days26 days
2024–2526 days34 days

All of Australia: Retina surgery

Other states and territories

The same surgery in each state or territory with hospital figures.

What this page leaves out

Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.

Before you use these figures

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Where this data comes from

  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/