Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Riverland General 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: 229 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 310 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 19.4%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 101 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
Riverland General Hospital	229 days	19.4%	310 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.

Angaston District HospitalSA · about 144 km away51 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 173 km away83 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 182 km away211 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 186 km away61 days
Clare HospitalSA · about 190 km away48 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 198 km away118 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 201 km away383 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 204 km away48 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	Riverland General Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	15	78	89
2012–13	70	82	89
2013–14	37	78	79
2014–15	71	99	83
2015–16	72	119	93
2016–17	80	93	85
2017–18	84	97	87
2018–19	101	106	84
2019–20	148	107	98
2020–21	163	145	172
2021–22	140	120	158
2022–23	116	75	133
2023–24	120	76	119
2024–25	229	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.

All surgery at Riverland General Hospital · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in South Australia