Cataract surgery waiting time at Concord Repatriation Hospital
Half of patients at Concord Repatriation Hospital waited 36 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 Concord West 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
- 36 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 705 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 92 days in 2011–12 to 36 days in 2024–25 — down 61% — 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, 0.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord Repatriation Hospital | 36 days | 0.0% | 705 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.
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 6 km away: 280 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 354 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 10 km away: 44 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 44 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 351 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 353 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 307 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 134 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Concord Repatriation Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Concord Repatriation Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 92 | 233 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 111 | 238 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 125 | 218 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 141 | 221 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 224 | 240 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 247 | 224 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 152 | 223 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 87 | 245 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 62 | 286 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 67 | 290 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 48 | 278 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 36 | 282 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 43 | 262 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 36 | 268 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Concord Repatriation Hospital · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales