Cleft lip and palate - repair of waiting time at Perth Children's Hospital
The median wait for cleft lip and palate - repair of at this public hospital in the Crawley area of Western Australia was 86 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 86 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 93 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.2%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 8 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 50 days in 2018–19 to 86 days in 2024–25 — up 72% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 80 days. Here, 2.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Children's Hospital | 86 days | 2.2% | 93 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 98 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 80 days | 4.5% | 597 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
No other public hospital within 1,000 km published a figure for this surgery in this period.
How the wait has changed
- Perth Children's Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Perth Children's Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 37 | 53 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 68 |
| 2018–19 | 50 | 49 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | 29 | 30 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 95 | not published | 71 |
| 2021–22 | 71 | 75 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 99 | 103 | 89 |
| 2023–24 | 115 | not published | 81 |
| 2024–25 | 86 | not published | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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