Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Blue Mountains 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: 281 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 539 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 3.0%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 112 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
Blue Mountains Hospital	281 days	3.0%	539 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.

Lithgow HospitalNSW · about 29 km away231 days
Hawkesbury HospitalNSW · about 47 km away77 days
Campbelltown HospitalNSW · about 61 km away317 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 61 km away204 days
Westmead HospitalNSW · about 63 km away351 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 63 km away44 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 68 km away280 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 69 km away307 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	Blue Mountains Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	233	89
2012–13	not reported for this period	238	89
2013–14	not reported for this period	218	79
2014–15	not reported for this period	221	83
2015–16	not reported for this period	240	93
2016–17	not reported for this period	224	85
2017–18	not reported for this period	223	87
2018–19	not reported for this period	245	84
2019–20	not reported for this period	286	98
2020–21	not reported for this period	290	172
2021–22	not reported for this period	278	158
2022–23	266	282	133
2023–24	243	262	119
2024–25	281	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 Blue Mountains 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