Cataract surgery waiting times in South Australia

Public hospitals in South Australia ranked by their median wait for cataract surgery, published by the source as “Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)”.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

20 public hospitals in South Australia reported cataract surgery in 2024–25. The state median was 84 days; the national median was 106 days.

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3 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 106 days marks the national median.

Ceduna District Health Service6 days
Port Lincoln Health Service17 days
South Coast District Hospital17 days
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)21 days
Clare Hospital48 days
Flinders Medical Centre48 days
Angaston District Hospital51 days
Modbury Hospital61 days
Gawler Health Service83 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital118 days
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services119 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service173 days
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services196 days
Port Pirie Regional Health Service199 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital211 days
Riverland General Hospital229 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital383 days
Jamestown Hospital and Health Servicenot published
Lyell McEwin Hospitalnot published
Women's and Children's Hospitalnot published

Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in South Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Ceduna District Health Service	6 days	not published	10 surgeries
2	Port Lincoln Health Service	17 days	0.0%	274 surgeries
2	South Coast District Hospital	17 days	5.8%	616 surgeries
4	Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)	21 days	21.6%	348 surgeries
5	Clare Hospital	48 days	0.8%	120 surgeries
5	Flinders Medical Centre	48 days	1.1%	1884 surgeries
7	Angaston District Hospital	51 days	1.3%	236 surgeries
8	Modbury Hospital	61 days	0.2%	957 surgeries
9	Gawler Health Service	83 days	21.4%	481 surgeries
10	Royal Adelaide Hospital	118 days	8.8%	1017 surgeries
11	Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services	119 days	1.0%	191 surgeries
12	Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service	173 days	2.5%	810 surgeries
13	Whyalla Hospital and Health Services	196 days	3.9%	279 surgeries
14	Port Pirie Regional Health Service	199 days	18.0%	344 surgeries
15	Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	211 days	0.5%	565 surgeries
16	Riverland General Hospital	229 days	19.4%	310 surgeries
17	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital	383 days	53.6%	603 surgeries
unranked	Jamestown Hospital and Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Lyell McEwin Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Women's and Children's Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries

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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