Surgery Waits

Pterygium - excision of waiting time at Grafton Base Hospital

The median wait for pterygium - excision of at this public hospital in the Grafton area of New South Wales was 360 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
360 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
18 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 65 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 57 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 305 days in 2016–17 to 360 days in 2024–25 — up 18% — while the national median rose from 128 days to 197 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lismore Base Hospital, about 102 km away, at 355 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Pterygium - excision of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Grafton Base Hospital360 daysnot published18 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)346 days32.1%735 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)184 days4.5%512 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)197 days15.7%2442 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 197 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for pterygium - excision of by financial year at Grafton Base Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Grafton Base Hospital 360NSW 346Australia 197
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Pterygium - excision of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodGrafton Base Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17305260128
2017–18297277152
2018–19291275125
2019–20295315155
2020–21332331230
2021–22263306238
2022–23343329241
2023–24275317191
2024–25360346197

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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