Cataract surgery waiting time at Manning Hospital
Half of patients at Manning 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 Taree South 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
- 66 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 18.2%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 358 days in 2011–12 to 169 days in 2024–25 — down 53% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, about 48 km away, at 67 days. Here, 18.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manning Hospital | 169 days | 18.2% | 66 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.
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 48 km away: 67 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 82 days
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 100 km away: 208 days
Kurri Kurri Hospital, NSW · about 138 km away: 327 days
Macksville District Hospital, NSW · about 140 km away: 366 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 145 km away: 111 days
Muswellbrook Hospital, NSW · about 152 km away: 62 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 172 km away: 331 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Manning Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Manning Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 358 | 233 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 354 | 238 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 248 | 218 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 211 | 221 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 231 | 240 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 309 | 224 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 346 | 223 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 333 | 245 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 335 | 286 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 387 | 290 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 248 | 278 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 250 | 282 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 225 | 262 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 169 | 268 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Manning Hospital · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales