Cataract surgery waiting time at Murwillumbah District Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for cataract surgery — published by the source as “Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)” — at this public hospital in the South Murwillumbah area of New South Wales, 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.

The median wait here has fallen from 323 days in 2011–12 to 138 days in 2024–25 — down 57% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Robina Hospital, about 28 km away, at 77 days. Here, 11.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 11.5%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)” and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

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 — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Murwillumbah 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	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

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Murwillumbah District Hospital · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in New South Wales