Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Mudgee Health Service

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: 138 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 212 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 73 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
Mudgee Health Service	138 days	0.0%	212 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.

Bathurst Base HospitalNSW · about 89 km away330 days
Orange Health ServiceNSW · about 92 km away335 days
Dubbo HospitalNSW · about 99 km away201 days
Lithgow HospitalNSW · about 112 km away231 days
Muswellbrook HospitalNSW · about 129 km away62 days
Blue Mountains HospitalNSW · about 140 km away281 days
Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 160 km away339 days
Hawkesbury HospitalNSW · about 160 km away77 days

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

How the wait has changed

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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	Mudgee Health Service (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	258	233	89
2012–13	125	238	89
2013–14	235	218	79
2014–15	51	221	83
2015–16	53	240	93
2016–17	43	224	85
2017–18	108	223	87
2018–19	162	245	84
2019–20	169	286	98
2020–21	245	290	172
2021–22	168	278	158
2022–23	287	282	133
2023–24	293	262	119
2024–25	138	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 Mudgee Health Service · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in New South Wales