Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Geraldton 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: 105 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 653 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 2.0%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 63 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
Geraldton Hospital	105 days	2.0%	653 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.

Joondalup Health Campus (Public)WA · about 347 km away89 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 371 km away23 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street CampusWA · about 373 km away93 days
Perth Children's HospitalWA · about 373 km away35 days
Northam HospitalWA · about 375 km away27 days
Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 380 km away71 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health ServiceWA · about 380 km away181 days
Peel Health CampusWA · about 431 km away48 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Geraldton 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	Geraldton Hospital (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	59	38	89
2012–13	72	45	89
2013–14	not reported for this period	43	79
2014–15	not reported for this period	41	83
2015–16	not reported for this period	37	93
2016–17	not reported for this period	51	85
2017–18	not reported for this period	63	87
2018–19	not reported for this period	61	84
2019–20	not reported for this period	59	98
2020–21	not published	77	172
2021–22	171	108	158
2022–23	166	117	133
2023–24	118	98	119
2024–25	105	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 Geraldton Hospital · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in Western Australia