Cataract surgery waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
Half of patients at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] waited 27 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 North Melbourne area of Victoria.
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
- 27 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 32 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 11 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 27 days in 2024–25 — up 42% — 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.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 27 days | not published | 32 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 68 days | 4.7% | 21008 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.
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 1 km away: 88 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 3 km away: 48 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 6 km away: 36 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 10 km away: 134 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 12 km away: 211 days
Broadmeadows Health Service, VIC · about 13 km away: 92 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 km away: 88 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 23 km away: 338 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 19 | 61 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 15 | 52 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 30 | 41 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 15 | 35 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 19 | 56 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 54 | 41 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 11 | 40 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 36 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 32 | 49 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 17 | 79 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 25 | 84 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 77 | 77 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 43 | 89 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 27 | 68 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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