As at 30 June 2026, there were 66,277 cataract surgery bookings in Eye Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    8,725
  • Hong Kong West
    3,070
  • Kowloon Central
    11,252
  • Kowloon East
    10,065
  • Kowloon West
    11,294
  • New Territories East
    10,243
  • New Territories West
    11,628
The waiting time for patients with cataract surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 July 2025 – 30 June 2026) was as follows :
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    3,767
    17
    26
  • Hong Kong West
    4,253
    7
    11
  • Kowloon Central
    6,542
    20
    25
  • Kowloon East
    3,481
    25
    31
  • Kowloon West
    3,132
    13
    48
  • New Territories East
    5,418
    16
    29
  • New Territories West
    3,870
    21
    33
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 30 October 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.