Cataract surgery waiting time at Orange Health Service
Half of patients at Orange Health Service waited 335 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 Spring Creek 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
- 335 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 586 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 13.0%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 121 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 349 days in 2011–12 to 335 days in 2024–25 — down 4% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bathurst Base Hospital, about 46 km away, at 330 days. Here, 13.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Health Service | 335 days | 13.0% | 586 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.
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 46 km away: 330 days
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 68 km away: 339 days
Mudgee Health Service, NSW · about 92 km away: 138 days
Lithgow Hospital, NSW · about 98 km away: 231 days
Lachlan Health Service - Forbes, NSW · about 101 km away: 182 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 122 km away: 281 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 201 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 163 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
- Orange Health Service
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Orange Health Service (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 349 | 233 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 336 | 238 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 319 | 218 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 335 | 221 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 342 | 240 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 340 | 224 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 332 | 223 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 330 | 245 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 347 | 286 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 335 | 290 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 335 | 278 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 310 | 282 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 322 | 262 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 335 | 268 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Orange Health Service · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales