Cataract surgery waiting time at Campbelltown Hospital
Half of patients at Campbelltown Hospital waited 317 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 Campbelltown 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
- 317 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 1019 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 17.1%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 115 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 150 days in 2011–12 to 317 days in 2024–25 — up 111% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Liverpool Hospital, about 21 km away, at 204 days. Here, 17.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbelltown Hospital | 317 days | 17.1% | 1019 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.
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 21 km away: 204 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 25 km away: 307 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 29 km away: 200 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 32 km away: 280 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 35 km away: 351 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 35 km away: 44 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 36 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 41 km away: 44 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Campbelltown Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Campbelltown Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 150 | 233 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 218 | 238 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 119 | 218 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 228 | 221 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 358 | 240 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 300 | 224 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 280 | 223 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 215 | 245 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 274 | 286 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 170 | 290 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 335 | 278 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 261 | 282 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 219 | 262 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 317 | 268 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Campbelltown Hospital · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales