As at 31 March 2026, there were 65,536 cataract surgery bookings in Eye Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    8,822
  • Hong Kong West
    3,107
  • Kowloon Central
    11,048
  • Kowloon East
    10,261
  • Kowloon West
    11,075
  • New Territories East
    10,048
  • New Territories West
    11,175
The waiting time for patients with cataract surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026) was as follows :
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    4,021
    19
    26
  • Hong Kong West
    4,249
    7
    12
  • Kowloon Central
    7,205
    20
    27
  • Kowloon East
    3,556
    25
    31
  • Kowloon West
    3,260
    14
    51
  • New Territories East
    5,823
    17
    30
  • New Territories West
    4,124
    25
    41
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 31 July 2026

* The median and 90th percentile waiting time implies that half and 90% of the patients with surgeries performed could receive surgeries earlier than the indicated waiting time respectively.

Note: The information on this page is based on the old clustering arrangement. The Hong Kong East Cluster and the Hong Kong West Cluster have officially been integrated to establish the Hong Kong Island Cluster from 1 April 2026. The information will be updated in due course.