Cataract surgery waiting time at Bentley Health Service
Half of patients at Bentley Health Service waited 71 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 St James area of Western Australia.
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
- 71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 2096 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.5%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 36 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 26 days in 2011–12 to 71 days in 2024–25 — up 173% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Perth Children's Hospital, about 11 km away, at 35 days. Here, 0.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Health Service | 71 days | 0.5% | 2096 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 82 days | 5.1% | 12672 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.
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 8 km away: 93 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 11 km away: 35 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 14 km away: 23 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 18 km away: 181 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 33 km away: 89 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 61 km away: 48 days
Northam Hospital, WA · about 79 km away: 27 days
Narrogin Hospital, WA · about 156 km away: 105 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bentley Health Service
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bentley Health Service (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 26 | 38 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 28 | 45 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 40 | 43 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 68 | 41 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 63 | 37 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 91 | 51 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 113 | 63 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 62 | 61 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 55 | 59 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 101 | 77 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 155 | 108 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 165 | 117 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 106 | 98 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 71 | 82 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Bentley Health Service · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia