Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Longreach 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: 182 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 100 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 5.0%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 84 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
Longreach Hospital	182 days	5.0%	100 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	268 days	22.0%	32695 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	82 days	1.9%	8868 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.

Emerald HospitalQLD · about 397 km away71 days
Townsville University HospitalQLD · about 526 km away99 days
Roma HospitalQLD · about 573 km away114 days
Mount Isa Base HospitalQLD · about 576 km away193 days
Rockhampton HospitalQLD · about 636 km away123 days
Cairns HospitalQLD · about 743 km away90 days
Bourke Multi Purpose ServiceNSW · about 759 km away238 days
Moree HospitalNSW · about 870 km away217 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

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	Longreach Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	51	89
2012–13	not reported for this period	44	89
2013–14	not reported for this period	52	79
2014–15	not reported for this period	57	83
2015–16	84	64	93
2016–17	139	70	85
2017–18	300	87	87
2018–19	126	72	84
2019–20	133	83	98
2020–21	162	84	172
2021–22	202	84	158
2022–23	176	77	133
2023–24	139	76	119
2024–25	182	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 Longreach Hospital · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in Queensland