Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Concord Repatriation 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: 36 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 705 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 16 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
Concord Repatriation Hospital	36 days	0.0%	705 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.

Auburn HospitalNSW · about 6 km away280 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 9 km away354 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 10 km away44 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 10 km away44 days
Westmead HospitalNSW · about 10 km away351 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye HospitalNSW · about 12 km away353 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 13 km away307 days
Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 16 km away134 days

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

How the wait has changed

Concord Repatriation 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	Concord Repatriation Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	92	233	89
2012–13	111	238	89
2013–14	125	218	79
2014–15	141	221	83
2015–16	224	240	93
2016–17	247	224	85
2017–18	152	223	87
2018–19	87	245	84
2019–20	62	286	98
2020–21	67	290	172
2021–22	48	278	158
2022–23	36	282	133
2023–24	43	262	119
2024–25	36	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 Concord Repatriation 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