Cleft lip and palate repair waiting time at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]
Half of patients at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] waited 83 days or less for cleft lip and palate repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cleft lip and palate - repair of". This public hospital is in the Springvale area of Victoria.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 83 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 41 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 40 days in 2016–17 to 83 days in 2024–25 — up 108% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], about 23 km away, at 81 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 83 days | not published | 41 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 87 days | 1.1% | 185 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 12 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 91 days | 11.1% | 162 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 80 days | 4.5% | 597 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 8 km away: 560 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 23 km away: 81 days
Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS · about 581 km away: 110 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 697 km away: 89 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 706 km away: 80 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 40 | 64 | 53 |
| 2017–18 | 45 | 88 | 68 |
| 2018–19 | 35 | 141 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | 26 | 136 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 43 | 93 | 71 |
| 2021–22 | 84 | 95 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 59 | 87 | 89 |
| 2023–24 | 59 | 82 | 81 |
| 2024–25 | 83 | 91 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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