Cleft lip and palate repair waiting time at Perth Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Perth Children's Hospital waited 86 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 Crawley area of Western Australia.
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
- 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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