Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Procedure for strabismus (squint repair), 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 Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) in public hospitals was 155 days in 2024–25, from 1087 surgeries. 14.4% of people waited more than 365 days. 25 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

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

Victoria93 days
Queensland100 days
South Australia154 days
Western Australia183 days
New South Wales281 days
Northern Territorynot published

Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) 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	Victoria	93 days	12.3%	114 surgeries
2	Queensland	100 days	10.3%	377 surgeries
3	South Australia	154 days	16.2%	105 surgeries
4	Western Australia	183 days	8.9%	213 surgeries
5	New South Wales	281 days	25.4%	264 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	14 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
QLD
SA

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	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	QLD (days)	SA (days)
2016–17	85	58	75	84
2017–18	101	71	75	202
2018–19	123	122	83	204
2019–20	146	149	89	not published
2020–21	168	131	98	not published
2021–22	174	137	140	not published
2022–23	212	123	207	101
2023–24	141	not published	100	not published
2024–25	155	93	100	154

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.