Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at The Bendigo 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: 234 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 327 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 16.5%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 104 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
The Bendigo Hospital	234 days	16.5%	327 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	68 days	4.7%	21008 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.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 98 km away21 days
Sunbury Day HospitalVIC · about 100 km away174 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 109 km away3 days
Broadmeadows Health ServiceVIC · about 118 km away92 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 120 km away88 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 122 km away211 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 130 km away27 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 131 km away134 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	The Bendigo Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	57	61	89
2012–13	37	52	89
2013–14	94	41	79
2014–15	42	35	83
2015–16	29	56	93
2016–17	15	41	85
2017–18	25	40	87
2018–19	41	36	84
2019–20	183	49	98
2020–21	179	79	172
2021–22	109	84	158
2022–23	134	77	133
2023–24	182	89	119
2024–25	234	68	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 The Bendigo Hospital · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in Victoria