Cataract surgery waiting time at Yarra Ranges Health
Half of patients at Yarra Ranges Health waited 87 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 Lilydale 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
- 87 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 1284 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 48 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 156 days in 2020–21 to 87 days in 2024–25 — down 44% — while the national median fell from 172 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, about 33 km away, at 48 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarra Ranges Health | 87 days | 0.0% | 1284 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.
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 25 km away: 338 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 27 km away: 134 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 32 km away: 88 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 33 km away: 48 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 34 km away: 36 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 35 km away: 88 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 35 km away: 27 days
Broadmeadows Health Service, VIC · about 39 km away: 92 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Yarra Ranges Health
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Yarra Ranges Health (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 | not reported for this period | 56 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 41 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 40 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 36 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 49 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 156 | 79 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 82 | 84 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 126 | 77 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 98 | 89 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 87 | 68 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Yarra Ranges Health · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria