Cataract surgery waiting time at West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]

The median wait for cataract surgery — published by the source as "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)" — at this public hospital in the Warragul area of Victoria was 64 days in 2024–25.

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: 64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 748 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 31 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 7 days in 2015–16 to 64 days in 2024–25 — up 814% — while the national median rose from 93 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], about 48 km away, at 1 day. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 11.5%.

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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
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]	64 days	0.0%	748 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.

Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 48 km away1 day
Cranbourne Integrated Care CentreVIC · about 57 km away100 days
Bass Coast HealthVIC · about 57 km away27 days
Yarra Ranges HealthVIC · about 69 km away87 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 73 km away338 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 90 km away134 days
The AlfredVIC · about 90 km away36 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 93 km away48 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	West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	61	89
2012–13	not reported for this period	52	89
2013–14	not reported for this period	41	79
2014–15	not reported for this period	35	83
2015–16	7	56	93
2016–17	3	41	85
2017–18	0	40	87
2018–19	7	36	84
2019–20	5	49	98
2020–21	7	79	172
2021–22	1	84	158
2022–23	4	77	133
2023–24	86	89	119
2024–25	64	68	106

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

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