Cataract surgery waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre
Half of patients at Flinders Medical Centre waited 48 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 Bedford Park area of South 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
- 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 1884 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.1%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 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 41 days in 2011–12 to 48 days in 2024–25 — up 17% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is South Coast District Hospital, about 60 km away, at 17 days. Here, 1.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders Medical Centre | 48 days | 1.1% | 1884 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 84 days | 9.0% | 9054 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 Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 11 km away: 118 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 16 km away: 383 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 24 km away: 61 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 28 km away: 211 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 51 km away: 83 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 60 km away: 17 days
Angaston District Hospital, SA · about 73 km away: 51 days
Clare Hospital, SA · about 133 km away: 48 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Flinders Medical Centre
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Flinders Medical Centre (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 41 | 78 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 49 | 82 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 72 | 78 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 90 | 99 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 148 | 119 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 132 | 93 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 135 | 97 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 180 | 106 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 152 | 107 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 237 | 145 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 237 | 120 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 119 | 75 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 48 | 76 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 84 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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