Cataract surgery waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

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 Lalor area of Victoria, 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: 88 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 21 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 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 316 days in 2011–12 to 88 days in 2024–25 — down 72% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], about 17 km away, at 27 days.

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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
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	88 days	not published	21 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	68 days	4.7%	21008 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.

Broadmeadows Health ServiceVIC · about 10 km away92 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away134 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 17 km away27 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away88 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 18 km away48 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 21 km away211 days
The AlfredVIC · about 22 km away36 days
Sunbury Day HospitalVIC · about 26 km away174 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	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	316	61	89
2012–13	not published	52	89
2013–14	not reported for this period	41	79
2014–15	not published	35	83
2015–16	not reported for this period	56	93
2016–17	not published	41	85
2017–18	not reported for this period	40	87
2018–19	not published	36	84
2019–20	not reported for this period	49	98
2020–21	not published	79	172
2021–22	not published	84	158
2022–23	not reported for this period	77	133
2023–24	147	89	119
2024–25	88	68	106

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

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