Cataract surgery waiting time at Port Lincoln Health Service
Half of patients at Port Lincoln Health Service waited 17 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 Port Lincoln area of South Australia.
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
- 17 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 274 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 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 35 days in 2011–12 to 17 days in 2024–25 — down 51% — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Lincoln Health Service | 17 days | 0.0% | 274 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 84 days | 9.0% | 9054 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.
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo), SA · about 186 km away: 21 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 246 km away: 383 days
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, SA · about 246 km away: 196 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 250 km away: 48 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 251 km away: 118 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 260 km away: 61 days
Port Pirie Regional Health Service, SA · about 263 km away: 199 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 266 km away: 83 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Port Lincoln Health Service
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Port Lincoln Health Service (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 35 | 78 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 24 | 82 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 20 | 78 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 24 | 99 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 22 | 119 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 22 | 93 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 30 | 97 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 31 | 106 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 36 | 107 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 27 | 145 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 22 | 120 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 17 | 75 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 16 | 76 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 17 | 84 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Port Lincoln Health Service · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia