Examination of eye under anaesthesia waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for examination of eye under anaesthesia in Australian public hospitals was 34 days in 2024–25 — from 8 days at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] to 52 days at John Hunter Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for examination of eye under anaesthesia in public hospitals was 34 days in 2024–25, from 1020 surgeries. 2.3% of people waited more than 365 days. 11 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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State by state
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 21 days | 3.7% | 296 surgeries |
| 2 | Western Australia | 32 days | 0.7% | 147 surgeries |
| 3 | New South Wales | 43 days | 2.4% | 167 surgeries |
| 4 | Queensland | 49 days | 0.6% | 324 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 84 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- WA
- NSW
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | WA (days) | NSW (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 29 | 16 | not published | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 31 | 21 | not published | 34 |
| 2018–19 | 41 | 28 | not published | 41 |
| 2019–20 | 39 | 22 | not published | 49 |
| 2020–21 | 35 | 22 | not published | 28 |
| 2021–22 | 42 | 23 | 55 | 41 |
| 2022–23 | 40 | 27 | not published | 35 |
| 2023–24 | 35 | 22 | 77 | 35 |
| 2024–25 | 34 | 21 | 32 | 43 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for examination of eye under anaesthesia in a public hospital?
The national median was 34 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 21 days in Victoria to 49 days in Queensland.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for examination of eye under anaesthesia?
Of the 11 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] reported the shortest (8 days) and John Hunter Hospital the longest (52 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
2.3% of people who had examination of eye under anaesthesia in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
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The national median wait for examination of eye under anaesthesia in Australian public hospitals was 34 days in 2024–25, from 8 days at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] to 52 days at John Hunter Hospital.
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Surgery Waits, "Examination of eye under anaesthesia waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/examination-of-eye-under-anaesthesia/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/examination-of-eye-under-anaesthesia/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/examination-of-eye-under-anaesthesia.svg" width="720" height="284" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Examination of eye under anaesthesia by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.