Squint surgery waiting times in Western Australia

Public hospitals in Western Australia ranked by their median wait for squint surgery, published by the source as “Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)”.

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

13 public hospitals in Western Australia reported squint surgery in 2024–25. The state median was 183 days; the national median was 155 days.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)” and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

6 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

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

Bunbury Hospital40 days
Peel Health Campus45 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital159 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus181 days
Perth Children's Hospital196 days
Busselton Health Campus205 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service346 days
Albany Hospitalnot published
Broome Hospitalnot published
Geraldton Hospitalnot published
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)not published
Karratha Health Campusnot published
Osborne Park Hospitalnot published

Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) in Western Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Bunbury Hospital	40 days	not published	10 surgeries
2	Peel Health Campus	45 days	not published	15 surgeries
3	St John of God Midland Public Hospital	159 days	not published	10 surgeries
4	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus	181 days	not published	10 surgeries
5	Perth Children's Hospital	196 days	2.5%	118 surgeries
6	Busselton Health Campus	205 days	not published	10 surgeries
7	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service	346 days	not published	13 surgeries
unranked	Albany Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Broome Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Geraldton Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Joondalup Health Campus (Public)	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Karratha Health Campus	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Osborne Park Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Western Australia.