Surgery Waits

Cataract surgery waiting time at Batemans Bay 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 Catalina area of New South Wales was 233 days in 2024–25.

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

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%.

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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
Batemans Bay Hospital233 days15.4%344 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)268 days22.0%32695 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)106 days11.5%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.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) by financial year at Batemans Bay Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Batemans Bay Hospital 233NSW 268Australia 106
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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 periodBatemans Bay Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–1234623389
2012–1331523889
2013–1430621879
2014–1521722183
2015–1620324093
2016–1718522485
2017–1813622387
2018–1910024584
2019–2012528698
2020–21239290172
2021–22225278158
2022–23209282133
2023–24227262119
2024–25233268106

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

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