Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Queensland Children's 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
- 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 33 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Children's Hospital | 48 days | not published | 33 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Queensland Children's Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Queensland Children's Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 51 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 44 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 52 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 26 | 57 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 23 | 64 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 26 | 70 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 50 | 87 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 72 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 83 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 84 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 32 | 84 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 40 | 77 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 55 | 76 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 82 | 106 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for ophthalmology
These are not figures for cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion). Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.
Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Queensland Children's.
- Patients treated
- 233 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 93.1%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 259 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 4 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
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