Cataract surgery waiting times in New South Wales

Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for cataract surgery, published by the source as "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)".

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

50 public hospitals in New South Wales reported cataract surgery in 2024–25. The state median was 268 days; the national median was 106 days.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

3 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 106 days marks the national median.

Concord Repatriation Hospital36 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital44 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead44 days
Muswellbrook Hospital62 days
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital67 days
Hawkesbury Hospital77 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital82 days
Griffith Base Hospital90 days
Wyong Hospital93 days
Lismore Base Hospital106 days
Belmont Hospital111 days
Prince of Wales Hospital134 days
Mudgee Health Service138 days
Murwillumbah District Hospital138 days
Goulburn Base Hospital169 days
Manning Hospital169 days
Lachlan Health Service - Forbes182 days
Gosford Hospital183 days
Sutherland Hospital200 days
Dubbo Hospital201 days
Bowral Hospital204 days
Liverpool Hospital204 days
Kempsey District Hospital208 days
Moree Hospital217 days
Broken Hill Hospital222 days
Lithgow Hospital231 days
Batemans Bay Hospital233 days
Bourke Multi Purpose Service238 days
Armidale Hospital269 days
Auburn Hospital280 days
Blue Mountains Hospital281 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital307 days
Inverell Hospital313 days
Campbelltown Hospital317 days
Shellharbour Hospital319 days
Kurri Kurri Hospital327 days
Bathurst Base Hospital330 days
South East Regional Hospital330 days
Tamworth Hospital331 days
Orange Health Service335 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital338 days
Cowra Health Service339 days
Westmead Hospital351 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital353 days
Grafton Base Hospital354 days
Royal North Shore Hospital354 days
Macksville District Hospital366 days
John Hunter Hospitalnot published
Nepean Hospitalnot published
Sydney Children's Hospitalnot published

Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) 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	Concord Repatriation Hospital	36 days	0.0%	705 surgeries
2	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	44 days	0.0%	641 surgeries
2	The Children's Hospital at Westmead	44 days	not published	13 surgeries
4	Muswellbrook Hospital	62 days	0.0%	261 surgeries
5	Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	67 days	0.0%	864 surgeries
6	Hawkesbury Hospital	77 days	not published	21 surgeries
7	Port Macquarie Base Hospital	82 days	4.6%	175 surgeries
8	Griffith Base Hospital	90 days	0.0%	59 surgeries
9	Wyong Hospital	93 days	1.3%	1888 surgeries
10	Lismore Base Hospital	106 days	28.4%	1174 surgeries
11	Belmont Hospital	111 days	10.8%	213 surgeries
12	Prince of Wales Hospital	134 days	26.2%	84 surgeries
13	Mudgee Health Service	138 days	0.0%	212 surgeries
13	Murwillumbah District Hospital	138 days	11.8%	642 surgeries
15	Goulburn Base Hospital	169 days	0.0%	344 surgeries
15	Manning Hospital	169 days	18.2%	66 surgeries
17	Lachlan Health Service - Forbes	182 days	2.7%	262 surgeries
18	Gosford Hospital	183 days	not published	10 surgeries
19	Sutherland Hospital	200 days	6.1%	247 surgeries
20	Dubbo Hospital	201 days	6.6%	572 surgeries
21	Bowral Hospital	204 days	3.9%	489 surgeries
21	Liverpool Hospital	204 days	35.4%	616 surgeries
23	Kempsey District Hospital	208 days	0.6%	781 surgeries
24	Moree Hospital	217 days	10.6%	132 surgeries
25	Broken Hill Hospital	222 days	14.2%	232 surgeries
26	Lithgow Hospital	231 days	0.0%	300 surgeries
27	Batemans Bay Hospital	233 days	15.4%	344 surgeries
28	Bourke Multi Purpose Service	238 days	3.9%	155 surgeries
29	Armidale Hospital	269 days	9.8%	326 surgeries
30	Auburn Hospital	280 days	26.2%	466 surgeries
31	Blue Mountains Hospital	281 days	3.0%	539 surgeries
32	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	307 days	17.4%	737 surgeries
33	Inverell Hospital	313 days	13.1%	252 surgeries
34	Campbelltown Hospital	317 days	17.1%	1019 surgeries
35	Shellharbour Hospital	319 days	22.5%	2596 surgeries
36	Kurri Kurri Hospital	327 days	25.5%	2294 surgeries
37	Bathurst Base Hospital	330 days	0.2%	425 surgeries
37	South East Regional Hospital	330 days	1.2%	343 surgeries
39	Tamworth Hospital	331 days	14.8%	1051 surgeries
40	Orange Health Service	335 days	13.0%	586 surgeries
41	Wagga Wagga Hospital	338 days	27.8%	687 surgeries
42	Cowra Health Service	339 days	23.0%	187 surgeries
43	Westmead Hospital	351 days	44.6%	1774 surgeries
44	Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital	353 days	41.1%	4574 surgeries
45	Grafton Base Hospital	354 days	40.8%	764 surgeries
45	Royal North Shore Hospital	354 days	39.8%	1118 surgeries
47	Macksville District Hospital	366 days	50.1%	1443 surgeries
unranked	John Hunter Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Nepean Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Sydney Children's 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.