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Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Nepean 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

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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
Nepean Hospitalnot publishednot publishednot published
New South Wales (all public hospitals)268 days22.0%32695 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)106 days11.5%87841 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Nepean Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) by financial year at Nepean Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0751502253002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25NSW 268Australia 106
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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 periodNepean Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period23389
2012–13not reported for this period23889
2013–14not reported for this period21879
2014–15not reported for this period22183
2015–16not reported for this period24093
2016–17not reported for this period22485
2017–18not reported for this period22387
2018–19not reported for this period24584
2019–20not reported for this period28698
2020–21not reported for this period290172
2021–22not reported for this period278158
2022–23not reported for this period282133
2023–24not reported for this period262119
2024–25not published268106

What is not here

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