Cataract surgery waiting time at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services
Half of patients at Whyalla Hospital and Health Services waited 196 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 Whyalla 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
- 196 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 279 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 3.9%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 88 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 60 days in 2011–12 to 196 days in 2024–25 — up 227% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services, about 61 km away, at 119 days. Here, 3.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whyalla Hospital and Health Services | 196 days | 3.9% | 279 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.
Port Pirie Regional Health Service, SA · about 43 km away: 199 days
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services, SA · about 61 km away: 119 days
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo), SA · about 100 km away: 21 days
Clare Hospital, SA · about 131 km away: 48 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 205 km away: 83 days
Angaston District Hospital, SA · about 213 km away: 51 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 224 km away: 383 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 225 km away: 61 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Whyalla Hospital and Health Services
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Whyalla Hospital and Health Services (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 60 | 78 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 62 | 82 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 62 | 78 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 97 | 99 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 40 | 119 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 47 | 93 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 54 | 97 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 40 | 106 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 29 | 107 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 48 | 145 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 38 | 120 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 55 | 75 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 163 | 76 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 196 | 84 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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