Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Busselton Health Campus

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: 73 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 1896 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.7%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 38 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
Busselton Health Campus	73 days	0.7%	1896 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.

Peel Health CampusWA · about 131 km away48 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health ServiceWA · about 182 km away181 days
Narrogin HospitalWA · about 189 km away105 days
Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 192 km away71 days
Perth Children's HospitalWA · about 193 km away35 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street CampusWA · about 196 km away93 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 206 km away23 days
Katanning HospitalWA · about 208 km away363 days

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

How the wait has changed

Busselton Health Campus
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	Busselton Health Campus (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	56	38	89
2012–13	51	45	89
2013–14	43	43	79
2014–15	38	41	83
2015–16	33	37	93
2016–17	36	51	85
2017–18	35	63	87
2018–19	47	61	84
2019–20	56	59	98
2020–21	82	77	172
2021–22	47	108	158
2022–23	115	117	133
2023–24	74	98	119
2024–25	73	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.

All surgery at Busselton Health Campus · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in Western Australia