Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Batemans Bay Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) at this public hospital, 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: 233 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 344 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 15.4%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 103 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

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
Batemans Bay Hospital	233 days	15.4%	344 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	268 days	22.0%	32695 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.

South East Regional HospitalNSW · about 112 km away330 days
Goulburn Base HospitalNSW · about 116 km away169 days
Bowral HospitalNSW · about 138 km away204 days
Shellharbour HospitalNSW · about 142 km away319 days
Campbelltown HospitalNSW · about 191 km away317 days
Sutherland HospitalNSW · about 205 km away200 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 211 km away204 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 212 km away307 days

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

How the wait has changed

Batemans Bay Hospital
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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	Batemans Bay Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	346	233	89
2012–13	315	238	89
2013–14	306	218	79
2014–15	217	221	83
2015–16	203	240	93
2016–17	185	224	85
2017–18	136	223	87
2018–19	100	245	84
2019–20	125	286	98
2020–21	239	290	172
2021–22	225	278	158
2022–23	209	282	133
2023–24	227	262	119
2024–25	233	268	106

What is not here

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

All surgery at Batemans Bay Hospital · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in New South Wales