Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Rockhampton 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: 123 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 304 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 22.0%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 70 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
Rockhampton Hospital	123 days	22.0%	304 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 239 km away71 days
Roma HospitalQLD · about 395 km away114 days
Sunshine Coast University HospitalQLD · about 458 km away85 days
Caloundra HospitalQLD · about 463 km away70 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	Rockhampton 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	73	57	83
2015–16	84	64	93
2016–17	121	70	85
2017–18	210	87	87
2018–19	203	72	84
2019–20	148	83	98
2020–21	310	84	172
2021–22	125	84	158
2022–23	123	77	133
2023–24	155	76	119
2024–25	123	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 Rockhampton Hospital · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in Queensland