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Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) waiting time at Women's and Children's 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

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
7 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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
Women's and Children's Hospitalnot publishednot published7 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)84 days9.0%9054 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)106 days11.5%87841 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Women's and Children's Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) by financial year at Women's and Children's Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays0501001502002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Women's and Children's Hospital 28SA 84Australia 106
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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 periodWomen's and Children's Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not published7889
2012–13248289
2013–14not published7879
2014–15not published9983
2015–16not published11993
2016–17179385
2017–18449787
2018–193710684
2019–20not published10798
2020–21not published145172
2021–22not published120158
2022–232875133
2023–24not published76119
2024–25not published84106

What is not here

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