Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Macksville District 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: 366 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 1443 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 50.1%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 131 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
Macksville District Hospital	366 days	50.1%	1443 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.

Kempsey District HospitalNSW · about 41 km away208 days
Port Macquarie Base HospitalNSW · about 82 km away82 days
Grafton Base HospitalNSW · about 116 km away354 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 123 km away269 days
Manning HospitalNSW · about 140 km away169 days
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial HospitalNSW · about 171 km away67 days
Tamworth HospitalNSW · about 195 km away331 days
Inverell HospitalNSW · about 201 km away313 days

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

How the wait has changed

Macksville District 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	Macksville District Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	343	233	89
2012–13	258	238	89
2013–14	290	218	79
2014–15	280	221	83
2015–16	295	240	93
2016–17	307	224	85
2017–18	301	223	87
2018–19	299	245	84
2019–20	329	286	98
2020–21	329	290	172
2021–22	309	278	158
2022–23	329	282	133
2023–24	343	262	119
2024–25	366	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 Macksville District 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