Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Westmead 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: 351 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 1774 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 44.6%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 125 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
Westmead Hospital	351 days	44.6%	1774 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	268 days	22.0%	32695 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.

The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 0 km away44 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 7 km away280 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 10 km away36 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 14 km away204 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 15 km away307 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 19 km away354 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 20 km away44 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye HospitalNSW · about 22 km away353 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	Westmead Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	29	233	89
2012–13	54	238	89
2013–14	84	218	79
2014–15	137	221	83
2015–16	154	240	93
2016–17	135	224	85
2017–18	160	223	87
2018–19	270	245	84
2019–20	332	286	98
2020–21	309	290	172
2021–22	334	278	158
2022–23	224	282	133
2023–24	338	262	119
2024–25	351	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 Westmead 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