Cleft lip and palate - repair of waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Cleft lip and palate - repair of, nationally and by state.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Across Australia, the median wait for Cleft lip and palate - repair of in public hospitals was 80 days in 2024–25, from 597 surgeries. 4.5% of people waited more than 365 days. 8 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.

Queensland58 days
New South Wales87 days
Victoria91 days
Australian Capital Territorynot published
Northern Territorynot published
South Australianot published
Tasmanianot published
Western Australianot published

Cleft lip and palate - repair of in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Queensland	58 days	3.0%	133 surgeries
2	New South Wales	87 days	1.1%	185 surgeries
3	Victoria	91 days	11.1%	162 surgeries
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	not published
unranked	South Australia	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Tasmania	not published	not published	12 surgeries
unranked	Western Australia	not published	not published	98 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
QLD
NSW
VIC

View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Cleft lip and palate - repair of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	QLD (days)	NSW (days)	VIC (days)
2016–17	53	31	85	64
2017–18	68	41	84	88
2018–19	78	51	74	141
2019–20	64	35	90	136
2020–21	71	42	82	93
2021–22	82	66	94	95
2022–23	89	90	92	87
2023–24	81	75	83	82
2024–25	80	58	87	91

What is not here

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

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.