Surgery Waits

Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) waiting time at Liverpool Hospital

The median wait for vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) at this public hospital in the Warwick Farm area of New South Wales was 58 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
58 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
128 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
10.9%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 20 days in 2019–20 to 58 days in 2024–25 — up 190% — while the national median rose from 21 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Westmead Hospital, about 14 km away, at 19 days. Here, 10.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.6%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy), 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Liverpool Hospital58 days10.9%128 surgeries
Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals)not publishednot published56 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)34 days3.6%1400 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)26 days2.6%3742 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 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 vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) by financial year at Liverpool Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0193856752016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Liverpool Hospital 58NSW 34Australia 26
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodLiverpool Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this period2219
2017–18not published2721
2018–19not published2822
2019–20204221
2020–21292519
2021–22192218
2022–23133024
2023–24112622
2024–25583426

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

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