Cataract surgery waiting time at Bass Coast Health

Median wait, long waits and volumes for cataract surgery — published by the source as “Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)” — at this public hospital in the South Dudley area of Victoria, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 27 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 594 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.3%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 132 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], about 89 km away, at 1 day. Here, 0.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 11.5%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Bass Coast Health	27 days	0.3%	594 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	68 days	4.7%	21008 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	106 days	11.5%	87841 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 106 days marks the national median.

West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 57 km away64 days
Cranbourne Integrated Care CentreVIC · about 61 km away100 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 84 km away338 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 89 km away1 day
Yarra Ranges HealthVIC · about 97 km away87 days
The AlfredVIC · about 100 km away36 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 103 km away48 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 105 km away88 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Bass Coast Health (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	61	89
2012–13	not reported for this period	52	89
2013–14	not reported for this period	41	79
2014–15	not reported for this period	35	83
2015–16	not reported for this period	56	93
2016–17	not reported for this period	41	85
2017–18	not reported for this period	40	87
2018–19	not reported for this period	36	84
2019–20	not reported for this period	49	98
2020–21	not reported for this period	79	172
2021–22	not reported for this period	84	158
2022–23	not reported for this period	77	133
2023–24	not reported for this period	89	119
2024–25	27	68	106

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

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