Surgery Waits

Ptosis - repair of waiting time at Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital

The median wait for ptosis - repair of at this public hospital in the Sydney area of New South Wales was 369 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
369 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
44 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 30 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 287 days in 2016–17 to 369 days in 2024–25 — up 29% — while the national median rose from 141 days to 238 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal North Shore Hospital, about 6 km away, at 353 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Ptosis - repair of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital369 daysnot published44 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)348 days36.0%242 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)238 days25.4%781 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 238 days marks the national median.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for ptosis - repair of by financial year at Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital 369NSW 348Australia 238
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Ptosis - repair of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17287266141
2017–18210222175
2018–19238238181
2019–20189287245
2020–21322321303
2021–22196292263
2022–23426313251
2023–24349319240
2024–25369348238

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

All surgery at Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital · Ptosis - repair of across Australia · Ptosis - repair of in New South Wales