Cataract surgery waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

Half of patients at University Hospital Geelong waited 29 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 Geelong 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: 29 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 1750 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 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 52 days in 2011–12 to 29 days in 2024–25 — down 44% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], about 65 km away, at 27 days. 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
University Hospital Geelong	29 days	0.0%	1750 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.

Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 59 km away: 211 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 64 km away: 36 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 65 km away: 27 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 65 km away: 88 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 66 km away: 48 days
Broadmeadows Health Service, VIC · about 71 km away: 92 days
Sunbury Day Hospital, VIC · about 72 km away: 174 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 74 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

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	52	61	89
2012–13	51	52	89
2013–14	59	41	79
2014–15	22	35	83
2015–16	21	56	93
2016–17	41	41	85
2017–18	40	40	87
2018–19	33	36	84
2019–20	33	49	98
2020–21	39	79	172
2021–22	34	84	158
2022–23	43	77	133
2023–24	43	89	119
2024–25	29	68	106

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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