Cataract surgery waiting time at Batemans Bay Hospital
Half of patients at Batemans Bay Hospital waited 233 days or less for cataract surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)". This public hospital is in the Catalina area of New South Wales.
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
- 233 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 344 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 15.4%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 103 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 346 days in 2011–12 to 233 days in 2024–25 — down 33% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Goulburn Base Hospital, about 116 km away, at 169 days. Here, 15.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 11.5%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batemans Bay Hospital | 233 days | 15.4% | 344 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.
South East Regional Hospital, NSW · about 112 km away: 330 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 169 days
Bowral Hospital, NSW · about 138 km away: 204 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 142 km away: 319 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 191 km away: 317 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 205 km away: 200 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 211 km away: 204 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 212 km away: 307 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Batemans Bay Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Batemans Bay Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 346 | 233 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 315 | 238 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 306 | 218 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 217 | 221 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 203 | 240 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 185 | 224 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 136 | 223 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 100 | 245 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 125 | 286 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 239 | 290 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 225 | 278 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 209 | 282 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 227 | 262 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 233 | 268 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Batemans Bay Hospital · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales