Examination of eye under anaesthesia waiting time at Perth Children's Hospital
The median wait for examination of eye under anaesthesia at this public hospital in the Crawley area of Western Australia was 32 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
- 32 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 144 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.7%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 11 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 28 days in 2019–20 to 32 days in 2024–25 — up 14% — while the national median fell from 39 days to 34 days. Here, 0.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.3%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Children's Hospital | 32 days | 0.7% | 144 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 32 days | 0.7% | 147 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 34 days | 2.3% | 1020 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 | not published | 29 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not published | 31 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not published | 41 |
| 2019–20 | 28 | not published | 39 |
| 2020–21 | 69 | not published | 35 |
| 2021–22 | 48 | 55 | 42 |
| 2022–23 | 49 | not published | 40 |
| 2023–24 | 77 | 77 | 35 |
| 2024–25 | 32 | 32 | 34 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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