Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead

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: 306 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 92 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 34.8%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 23 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
The Children's Hospital at Westmead	306 days	34.8%	92 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	281 days	25.4%	264 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.

Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 15 km away256 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye HospitalNSW · about 22 km away387 days
Campbelltown HospitalNSW · about 35 km away169 days
Gosford HospitalNSW · about 53 km away78 days
Orange Health ServiceNSW · about 184 km away285 days

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

How the wait has changed

The Children's Hospital at Westmead
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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	The Children's Hospital at Westmead (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	242	237	85
2017–18	205	217	101
2018–19	204	218	123
2019–20	224	239	146
2020–21	107	229	168
2021–22	154	275	174
2022–23	167	272	212
2023–24	277	275	141
2024–25	306	281	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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