Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Grafton Base 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: 354 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 764 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 40.8%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 127 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
Grafton Base Hospital	354 days	40.8%	764 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	268 days	22.0%	32695 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	82 days	1.9%	8868 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.

Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 102 km away106 days
Macksville District HospitalNSW · about 116 km away366 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 155 km away269 days
Kempsey District HospitalNSW · about 155 km away208 days
Murwillumbah District HospitalNSW · about 157 km away138 days
Inverell HospitalNSW · about 175 km away313 days
Robina HospitalQLD · about 183 km away77 days
Gold Coast University HospitalQLD · about 196 km away69 days

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

Grafton Base 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	Grafton Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	285	233	89
2012–13	309	238	89
2013–14	215	218	79
2014–15	313	221	83
2015–16	308	240	93
2016–17	293	224	85
2017–18	312	223	87
2018–19	297	245	84
2019–20	328	286	98
2020–21	360	290	172
2021–22	293	278	158
2022–23	351	282	133
2023–24	302	262	119
2024–25	354	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 Grafton Base 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