Surgery Waits

Squint surgery waiting time at Campbelltown Hospital

The median wait for squint surgery — published by the source as "Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)" — at this public hospital in the Campbelltown area of New South Wales was 169 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
169 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
12 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 263 days in 2016–17 to 169 days in 2024–25 — down 36% — while the national median rose from 85 days to 155 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gosford Hospital, about 88 km away, at 78 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Procedure for strabismus (squint repair), 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Campbelltown Hospital169 daysnot published12 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)281 days25.4%264 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)155 days14.4%1087 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 155 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 procedure for strabismus (squint repair) by financial year at Campbelltown Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Campbelltown Hospital 169NSW 281Australia 155
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Median wait in days for Procedure for strabismus (squint repair), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodCampbelltown Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–1726323785
2017–18246217101
2018–19255218123
2019–20275239146
2020–21343229168
2021–22356275174
2022–23284272212
2023–24not published275141
2024–25169281155

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

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