Squint surgery waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
The median wait 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 was 306 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
- 306 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 92 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 34.8%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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 242 days in 2016–17 to 306 days in 2024–25 — up 26% — while the national median rose from 85 days to 155 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, about 15 km away, at 256 days. Here, 34.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 14.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 306 days | 34.8% | 92 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Children's Hospital at Westmead
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Children's Hospital at Westmead (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 242 | 237 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 205 | 217 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 204 | 218 | 123 |
| 2019–20 | 224 | 239 | 146 |
| 2020–21 | 107 | 229 | 168 |
| 2021–22 | 154 | 275 | 174 |
| 2022–23 | 167 | 272 | 212 |
| 2023–24 | 277 | 275 | 141 |
| 2024–25 | 306 | 281 | 155 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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