Cataract surgery near Randwick
Near Randwick, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for cataract surgery in 2024–25: 44 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
5 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for cataract surgery, shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. 2 hospitals sit just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and are included because a referral can cross the line. 1 children's hospital nearby is left out, because it treats only children. The source publishes this surgery as "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)".
Hospitals in or near Randwick
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | 44 days | 0.0% | Camperdown, NSW. Outside this area, about 4 km from Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital. |
| 2 | Prince of Wales Hospital | 134 days | 26.2% | Randwick, NSW. In this area. |
| 3 | Sutherland Hospital | 200 days | 6.1% | Caringbah, NSW. In this area. |
| 4 | Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital | 353 days | 41.1% | Sydney, NSW. In this area. |
| 5 | Royal North Shore Hospital | 354 days | 39.8% | St Leonards, NSW. Outside this area, about 6 km from Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital. |
This area covers Prince of Wales Hospital, Royal Hospital for Women, St George Hospital NSW, Sutherland Hospital and Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "South Eastern Sydney". Distances are straight lines between hospital locations, rounded to the nearest kilometre; they are not travel distances. A shorter median does not mean a hospital will see you sooner: your urgency category and your specialist decide that.
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Near Randwick, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for cataract surgery in 2024–25: 44 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Cataract surgery near Randwick: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cataract-surgery/near/randwick/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cataract-surgery/near/randwick/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
See every New South Wales hospital for cataract surgery, or every hospital in South Eastern Sydney.