Cataract surgery waiting time at Goulburn Base Hospital
Half of patients at Goulburn Base Hospital waited 169 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 Goulburn 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
- 169 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 344 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 78 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 350 days in 2011–12 to 169 days in 2024–25 — down 52% — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goulburn Base Hospital | 169 days | 0.0% | 344 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.
Bowral Hospital, NSW · about 71 km away: 204 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 105 km away: 319 days
Batemans Bay Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 233 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 125 km away: 317 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 129 km away: 281 days
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 138 km away: 339 days
Lithgow Hospital, NSW · about 144 km away: 231 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 145 km away: 204 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Goulburn Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Goulburn Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 350 | 233 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 347 | 238 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 337 | 218 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 315 | 221 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 303 | 240 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 259 | 224 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 285 | 223 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 317 | 245 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 337 | 286 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 338 | 290 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 350 | 278 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 419 | 282 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 220 | 262 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 169 | 268 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Goulburn Base Hospital · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales