Cataract surgery waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

The median wait for cataract surgery — published by the source as "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)" — at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria was 21 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 111 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 15.3%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 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 45 days in 2011–12 to 21 days in 2024–25 — down 53% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 15.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 11.5%.

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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
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	21 days	15.3%	111 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.

Sunbury Day HospitalVIC · about 78 km away174 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away29 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 88 km away211 days
Broadmeadows Health ServiceVIC · about 95 km away92 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 98 km away234 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 101 km away27 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 101 km away88 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 103 km away48 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	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	45	61	89
2012–13	52	52	89
2013–14	45	41	79
2014–15	35	35	83
2015–16	62	56	93
2016–17	51	41	85
2017–18	81	40	87
2018–19	62	36	84
2019–20	139	49	98
2020–21	132	79	172
2021–22	311	84	158
2022–23	228	77	133
2023–24	177	89	119
2024–25	21	68	106

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

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