Cataract surgery waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Adelaide Hospital waited 118 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 Adelaide 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
- 118 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 1017 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 8.8%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 68 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 176 days in 2011–12 to 118 days in 2024–25 — down 33% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 11 km away, at 48 days. Here, 8.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 118 days | 8.8% | 1017 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.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 6 km away: 383 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 11 km away: 48 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 13 km away: 61 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 31 km away: 211 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 39 km away: 83 days
Angaston District Hospital, SA · about 63 km away: 51 days
South Coast District Hospital, SA · about 71 km away: 17 days
Clare Hospital, SA · about 121 km away: 48 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Adelaide Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 176 | 78 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 200 | 82 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 243 | 78 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 190 | 99 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 201 | 119 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 176 | 93 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 317 | 97 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 78 | 106 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 90 | 107 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 107 | 145 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 151 | 120 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 70 | 75 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 128 | 76 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 118 | 84 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Adelaide Hospital · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia