Cataract surgery waiting times in Western Australia

Public hospitals in Western Australia ranked by their median wait for cataract surgery, published by the source as "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

22 public hospitals in Western Australia reported cataract surgery in 2024–25. The state median was 82 days; the national median was 106 days.

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2 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 106 days marks the national median.

St John of God Midland Public Hospital23 days
Northam Hospital27 days
Perth Children's Hospital35 days
Hedland Health Campus36 days
Karratha Health Campus39 days
Peel Health Campus48 days
Bentley Health Service71 days
Busselton Health Campus73 days
Derby Hospital82 days
Esperance Hospital84 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)89 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus93 days
Geraldton Hospital105 days
Narrogin Hospital105 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service181 days
Kalgoorlie Health Campus208 days
Albany Hospital235 days
Kununurra Hospital258 days
Broome Hospital269 days
Katanning Hospital363 days
Osborne Park Hospitalnot published
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospitalnot published

Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in Western Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	St John of God Midland Public Hospital	23 days	1.6%	1308 surgeries
2	Northam Hospital	27 days	0.0%	179 surgeries
3	Perth Children's Hospital	35 days	not published	25 surgeries
4	Hedland Health Campus	36 days	not published	19 surgeries
5	Karratha Health Campus	39 days	0.0%	78 surgeries
6	Peel Health Campus	48 days	3.6%	1515 surgeries
7	Bentley Health Service	71 days	0.5%	2096 surgeries
8	Busselton Health Campus	73 days	0.7%	1896 surgeries
9	Derby Hospital	82 days	2.4%	84 surgeries
10	Esperance Hospital	84 days	0.0%	289 surgeries
11	Joondalup Health Campus (Public)	89 days	6.7%	1157 surgeries
12	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus	93 days	2.2%	601 surgeries
13	Geraldton Hospital	105 days	2.0%	653 surgeries
13	Narrogin Hospital	105 days	0.8%	120 surgeries
15	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service	181 days	26.1%	1262 surgeries
16	Kalgoorlie Health Campus	208 days	1.1%	282 surgeries
17	Albany Hospital	235 days	7.0%	659 surgeries
18	Kununurra Hospital	258 days	8.3%	72 surgeries
19	Broome Hospital	269 days	24.0%	146 surgeries
20	Katanning Hospital	363 days	not published	47 surgeries
unranked	Osborne Park Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Western Australia.