Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Moree 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: 217 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 132 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 10.6%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 98 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
Moree Hospital	217 days	10.6%	132 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.

Inverell HospitalNSW · about 129 km away313 days
Tamworth HospitalNSW · about 206 km away331 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 210 km away269 days
Grafton Base HospitalNSW · about 301 km away354 days
Muswellbrook HospitalNSW · about 327 km away62 days
Macksville District HospitalNSW · about 327 km away366 days
Dubbo HospitalNSW · about 329 km away201 days
Kempsey District HospitalNSW · about 337 km away208 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

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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	Moree Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	280	233	89
2012–13	233	238	89
2013–14	232	218	79
2014–15	249	221	83
2015–16	263	240	93
2016–17	277	224	85
2017–18	223	223	87
2018–19	206	245	84
2019–20	164	286	98
2020–21	191	290	172
2021–22	220	278	158
2022–23	251	282	133
2023–24	179	262	119
2024–25	217	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 Moree Hospital · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in New South Wales