Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) 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: 181 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 10 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.

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 18 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 Procedure for strabismus (squint repair), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus	181 days	not published	10 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

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 155 days marks the national median.

Perth Children's HospitalWA · about 5 km away196 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 15 km away159 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health ServiceWA · about 16 km away346 days
Peel Health CampusWA · about 65 km away45 days
Bunbury HospitalWA · about 158 km away40 days
Busselton Health CampusWA · about 196 km away205 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Procedure for strabismus (squint repair), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	98	85
2017–18	not published	110	101
2018–19	207	125	123
2019–20	125	125	146
2020–21	125	264	168
2021–22	not published	237	174
2022–23	406	322	212
2023–24	not published	186	141
2024–25	181	183	155

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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