Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Townsville University 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: 99 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 434 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 2.3%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 60 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
Townsville University Hospital	99 days	2.3%	434 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.

Cairns HospitalQLD · about 288 km away90 days
Emerald HospitalQLD · about 488 km away71 days
Longreach HospitalQLD · about 526 km away182 days
Rockhampton HospitalQLD · about 594 km away123 days
Mount Isa Base HospitalQLD · about 775 km away193 days
Roma HospitalQLD · about 832 km away114 days
Weipa HospitalQLD · about 909 km away5 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.

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	Townsville University Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	19	51	89
2012–13	15	44	89
2013–14	24	52	79
2014–15	66	57	83
2015–16	56	64	93
2016–17	85	70	85
2017–18	81	87	87
2018–19	84	72	84
2019–20	86	83	98
2020–21	111	84	172
2021–22	89	84	158
2022–23	171	77	133
2023–24	71	76	119
2024–25	99	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 Townsville University Hospital · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) across Australia · Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) in Queensland