Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Murwillumbah 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: 138 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 642 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 11.8%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 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
Murwillumbah District Hospital	138 days	11.8%	642 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.

Robina HospitalQLD · about 28 km away77 days
Gold Coast University HospitalQLD · about 41 km away69 days
Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 55 km away106 days
Redland HospitalQLD · about 88 km away73 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 98 km away103 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 100 km away88 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 100 km away48 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 104 km away66 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

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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	Murwillumbah District Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	323	233	89
2012–13	311	238	89
2013–14	323	218	79
2014–15	336	221	83
2015–16	322	240	93
2016–17	333	224	85
2017–18	328	223	87
2018–19	194	245	84
2019–20	134	286	98
2020–21	292	290	172
2021–22	160	278	158
2022–23	323	282	133
2023–24	308	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 Murwillumbah 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