Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Gawler 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: 83 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 481 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 21.4%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 44 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
Gawler Health Service	83 days	21.4%	481 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	84 days	9.0%	9054 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.

Modbury HospitalSA · about 27 km away61 days
Angaston District HospitalSA · about 29 km away51 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 38 km away383 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 39 km away118 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 51 km away48 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 55 km away211 days
Clare HospitalSA · about 86 km away48 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 108 km away17 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	Gawler Health Service (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	204	78	89
2012–13	214	82	89
2013–14	250	78	79
2014–15	250	99	83
2015–16	203	119	93
2016–17	213	93	85
2017–18	129	97	87
2018–19	206	106	84
2019–20	159	107	98
2020–21	241	145	172
2021–22	112	120	158
2022–23	63	75	133
2023–24	140	76	119
2024–25	83	84	106

What is not here

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

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