Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Broome 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: 269 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 146 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 24.0%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 109 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
Broome Hospital	269 days	24.0%	146 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	82 days	5.1%	12672 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.

Derby HospitalWA · about 165 km away82 days
Hedland Health CampusWA · about 469 km away36 days
Karratha Health CampusWA · about 645 km away39 days
Kununurra HospitalWA · about 733 km away258 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Broome Hospital
WA
Australia

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	Broome Hospital (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	127	38	89
2012–13	132	45	89
2013–14	117	43	79
2014–15	180	41	83
2015–16	151	37	93
2016–17	97	51	85
2017–18	115	63	87
2018–19	130	61	84
2019–20	193	59	98
2020–21	224	77	172
2021–22	270	108	158
2022–23	159	117	133
2023–24	172	98	119
2024–25	269	82	106

What is not here

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

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