Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Wagga Wagga 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: 338 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 687 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 27.8%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 122 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
Wagga Wagga Hospital	338 days	27.8%	687 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	268 days	22.0%	32695 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.

Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 121 km away365 days
Griffith Base HospitalNSW · about 152 km away90 days
Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 188 km away339 days
Lachlan Health Service - ForbesNSW · about 201 km away182 days
Goulburn Base HospitalNSW · about 219 km away169 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 224 km away3 days

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

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	Wagga Wagga Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	346	233	89
2012–13	339	238	89
2013–14	336	218	79
2014–15	332	221	83
2015–16	296	240	93
2016–17	226	224	85
2017–18	212	223	87
2018–19	235	245	84
2019–20	270	286	98
2020–21	309	290	172
2021–22	281	278	158
2022–23	331	282	133
2023–24	269	262	119
2024–25	338	268	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 Wagga Wagga Hospital · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in New South Wales