Squint surgery waiting time at Perth Children's Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for squint surgery — published by the source as “Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)” — at this public hospital in the Crawley area of Western Australia, 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
- 196 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 118 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.5%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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 131 days in 2018–19 to 196 days in 2024–25 — up 50% — while the national median rose from 123 days to 155 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, about 5 km away, at 181 days. Here, 2.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 14.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Children's Hospital | 196 days | 2.5% | 118 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 183 days | 8.9% | 213 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 155 days | 14.4% | 1087 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Perth Children's Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Perth Children's Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 98 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 110 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 131 | 125 | 123 |
| 2019–20 | 153 | 125 | 146 |
| 2020–21 | 345 | 264 | 168 |
| 2021–22 | 318 | 237 | 174 |
| 2022–23 | 377 | 322 | 212 |
| 2023–24 | 186 | 186 | 141 |
| 2024–25 | 196 | 183 | 155 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Perth Children's Hospital · Squint surgery across Australia · Squint surgery in Western Australia