Cataract surgery waiting time at Esperance Hospital
Half of patients at Esperance Hospital waited 84 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 Esperance 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
- 84 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 289 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 45 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 124 days in 2011–12 to 84 days in 2024–25 — down 32% — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esperance Hospital | 84 days | 0.0% | 289 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.
Kalgoorlie Health Campus, WA · about 349 km away: 208 days
Albany Hospital, WA · about 387 km away: 235 days
Katanning Hospital, WA · about 401 km away: 363 days
Narrogin Hospital, WA · about 450 km away: 105 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Esperance Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Esperance Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 124 | 38 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 89 | 45 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 84 | 43 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 116 | 41 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 179 | 37 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 166 | 51 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 193 | 63 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 290 | 61 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 308 | 59 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 306 | 77 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 305 | 108 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 256 | 117 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 101 | 98 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 84 | 82 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Esperance Hospital · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia