Cataract surgery waiting time at Muswellbrook Hospital
Half of patients at Muswellbrook Hospital waited 62 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 Muswellbrook 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
- 62 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 261 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 30 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 19 days in 2011–12 to 62 days in 2024–25 — up 226% — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muswellbrook Hospital | 62 days | 0.0% | 261 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.
Kurri Kurri Hospital, NSW · about 82 km away: 327 days
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 103 km away: 67 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 110 km away: 111 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 123 km away: 93 days
Mudgee Health Service, NSW · about 129 km away: 138 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 132 km away: 331 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 135 km away: 183 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 150 km away: 77 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Muswellbrook Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Muswellbrook Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 19 | 233 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 53 | 238 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 33 | 218 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 32 | 221 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 20 | 240 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 35 | 224 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 21 | 223 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 33 | 245 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 39 | 286 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 48 | 290 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 30 | 278 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 103 | 282 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 49 | 262 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 62 | 268 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Muswellbrook Hospital · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales