Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Kalgoorlie 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: 208 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 282 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.1%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 94 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
Kalgoorlie Health Campus	208 days	1.1%	282 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.

Esperance HospitalWA · about 349 km away84 days
Northam HospitalWA · about 469 km away27 days
Narrogin HospitalWA · about 474 km away105 days
Katanning HospitalWA · about 492 km away363 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

Kalgoorlie Health Campus
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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	Kalgoorlie Health Campus (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	4	38	89
2012–13	2	45	89
2013–14	12	43	79
2014–15	28	41	83
2015–16	43	37	93
2016–17	65	51	85
2017–18	97	63	87
2018–19	not published	61	84
2019–20	not published	59	98
2020–21	not reported for this period	77	172
2021–22	not reported for this period	108	158
2022–23	207	117	133
2023–24	192	98	119
2024–25	208	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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