Squint surgery waiting time at Westmead 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 Westmead area of New South Wales, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.
- Median wait
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
- Surgeries completed
- 5 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.
This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmead Hospital | not published | not published | 5 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
Westmead Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.
How the wait has changed
- Westmead Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Westmead Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 237 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 256 | 217 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 333 | 218 | 123 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 239 | 146 |
| 2020–21 | 373 | 229 | 168 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 275 | 174 |
| 2022–23 | 200 | 272 | 212 |
| 2023–24 | 376 | 275 | 141 |
| 2024–25 | not published | 281 | 155 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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