Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Cowra Health Service

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 339 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 187 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 23.0%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 124 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

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
Cowra Health Service	339 days	23.0%	187 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	268 days	22.0%	32695 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.

Orange Health ServiceNSW · about 68 km away335 days
Lachlan Health Service - ForbesNSW · about 79 km away182 days
Bathurst Base HospitalNSW · about 94 km away330 days
Lithgow HospitalNSW · about 138 km away231 days
Goulburn Base HospitalNSW · about 138 km away169 days
Blue Mountains HospitalNSW · about 151 km away281 days
Mudgee Health ServiceNSW · about 160 km away138 days
Bowral HospitalNSW · about 175 km away204 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	Cowra Health Service (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	276	233	89
2012–13	226	238	89
2013–14	220	218	79
2014–15	220	221	83
2015–16	302	240	93
2016–17	338	224	85
2017–18	303	223	87
2018–19	326	245	84
2019–20	346	286	98
2020–21	368	290	172
2021–22	347	278	158
2022–23	307	282	133
2023–24	331	262	119
2024–25	339	268	106

What is not here

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

All surgery at Cowra Health Service · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in New South Wales