Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Esperance Hospital

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: 84 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 289 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 45 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
Esperance Hospital	84 days	0.0%	289 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	82 days	5.1%	12672 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.

Kalgoorlie Health CampusWA · about 349 km away208 days
Albany HospitalWA · about 387 km away235 days
Katanning HospitalWA · about 401 km away363 days
Narrogin HospitalWA · about 450 km away105 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Esperance Hospital
WA
Australia

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	Esperance Hospital (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	124	38	89
2012–13	89	45	89
2013–14	84	43	79
2014–15	116	41	83
2015–16	179	37	93
2016–17	166	51	85
2017–18	193	63	87
2018–19	290	61	84
2019–20	308	59	98
2020–21	306	77	172
2021–22	305	108	158
2022–23	256	117	133
2023–24	101	98	119
2024–25	84	82	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 Esperance Hospital · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in Western Australia