Pterygium - excision of waiting times in New South Wales

Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for pterygium - excision of.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

36 public hospitals in New South Wales reported pterygium - excision of in 2024–25. The state median was 346 days; the national median was 197 days.

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14 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

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

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital44 days
Moree Hospital253 days
Murwillumbah District Hospital275 days
Bourke Multi Purpose Service286 days
Blue Mountains Hospital290 days
Kempsey District Hospital293 days
Bathurst Base Hospital318 days
Wyong Hospital320 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital323 days
Tamworth Hospital329 days
Dubbo Hospital345 days
Macksville District Hospital350 days
Orange Health Service351 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital351 days
Lismore Base Hospital355 days
Kurri Kurri Hospital356 days
Grafton Base Hospital360 days
Shellharbour Hospital360 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital365 days
Royal North Shore Hospital373 days
Westmead Hospital396 days
Liverpool Hospital443 days
Auburn Hospitalnot published
Belmont Hospitalnot published
Bowral Hospitalnot published
Broken Hill Hospitalnot published
Campbelltown Hospitalnot published
Concord Repatriation Hospitalnot published
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospitalnot published
Lachlan Health Service - Forbesnot published
Lithgow Hospitalnot published
Manning Hospitalnot published
Port Macquarie Base Hospitalnot published
Prince of Wales Hospitalnot published
South East Regional Hospitalnot published
Sutherland Hospitalnot published

Pterygium - excision of in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	44 days	not published	14 surgeries
2	Moree Hospital	253 days	not published	17 surgeries
3	Murwillumbah District Hospital	275 days	not published	16 surgeries
4	Bourke Multi Purpose Service	286 days	not published	11 surgeries
5	Blue Mountains Hospital	290 days	not published	12 surgeries
6	Kempsey District Hospital	293 days	not published	24 surgeries
7	Bathurst Base Hospital	318 days	not published	11 surgeries
8	Wyong Hospital	320 days	not published	22 surgeries
9	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	323 days	not published	29 surgeries
10	Tamworth Hospital	329 days	16.9%	59 surgeries
11	Dubbo Hospital	345 days	not published	20 surgeries
12	Macksville District Hospital	350 days	36.5%	52 surgeries
13	Orange Health Service	351 days	not published	17 surgeries
13	Wagga Wagga Hospital	351 days	not published	18 surgeries
15	Lismore Base Hospital	355 days	not published	41 surgeries
16	Kurri Kurri Hospital	356 days	35.9%	78 surgeries
17	Grafton Base Hospital	360 days	not published	18 surgeries
17	Shellharbour Hospital	360 days	40.7%	59 surgeries
19	Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital	365 days	49.4%	83 surgeries
20	Royal North Shore Hospital	373 days	not published	21 surgeries
21	Westmead Hospital	396 days	not published	39 surgeries
22	Liverpool Hospital	443 days	not published	22 surgeries
unranked	Auburn Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Belmont Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Bowral Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Broken Hill Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Campbelltown Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Concord Repatriation Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Lachlan Health Service - Forbes	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Lithgow Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Manning Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Port Macquarie Base Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Prince of Wales Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	South East Regional Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Sutherland Hospital	not published	not published	not published

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.