Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus

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: 93 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 601 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 2.2%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 57 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
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus	93 days	2.2%	601 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	82 days	5.1%	12672 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.

Perth Children's HospitalWA · about 5 km away35 days
Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 8 km away71 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 15 km away23 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health ServiceWA · about 16 km away181 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)WA · about 26 km away89 days
Peel Health CampusWA · about 65 km away48 days
Northam HospitalWA · about 82 km away27 days
Narrogin HospitalWA · about 164 km away105 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
WA
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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	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	89	38	89
2012–13	83	45	89
2013–14	76	43	79
2014–15	83	41	83
2015–16	72	37	93
2016–17	138	51	85
2017–18	175	63	87
2018–19	89	61	84
2019–20	77	59	98
2020–21	76	77	172
2021–22	84	108	158
2022–23	126	117	133
2023–24	69	98	119
2024–25	93	82	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 Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in Western Australia