Cataract surgery waiting time at Lithgow Hospital
Half of patients at Lithgow Hospital waited 231 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 South Littleton 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
- 231 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 300 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 102 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 275 days in 2011–12 to 231 days in 2024–25 — down 16% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hawkesbury Hospital, about 65 km away, at 77 days. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithgow Hospital | 231 days | 0.0% | 300 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.
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 29 km away: 281 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 53 km away: 330 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 77 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 87 km away: 351 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 87 km away: 44 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 88 km away: 204 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 90 km away: 317 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 93 km away: 280 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Lithgow Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lithgow Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 275 | 233 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 186 | 238 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 164 | 218 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 258 | 221 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 289 | 240 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 232 | 224 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 259 | 223 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 285 | 245 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 313 | 286 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 318 | 290 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 335 | 278 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 260 | 282 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 260 | 262 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 231 | 268 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Lithgow Hospital · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales