Cataract surgery waiting time at Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services

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 Port Augusta area of South Australia, 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: 119 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 191 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.0%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 69 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 90 days in 2011–12 to 119 days in 2024–25 — up 32% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo), about 158 km away, at 21 days. Here, 1.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 11.5%.

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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
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services	119 days	1.0%	191 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	84 days	9.0%	9054 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.

Whyalla Hospital and Health ServicesSA · about 61 km away196 days
Port Pirie Regional Health ServiceSA · about 77 km away199 days
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)SA · about 158 km away21 days
Clare HospitalSA · about 166 km away48 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 249 km away83 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	Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	90	78	89
2012–13	106	82	89
2013–14	68	78	79
2014–15	98	99	83
2015–16	168	119	93
2016–17	125	93	85
2017–18	137	97	87
2018–19	107	106	84
2019–20	77	107	98
2020–21	112	145	172
2021–22	112	120	158
2022–23	147	75	133
2023–24	186	76	119
2024–25	119	84	106

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

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