Squint surgery waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
Half of patients at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus waited 181 days or less for squint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)". This public hospital is in the Perth 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
- 181 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 207 days in 2018–19 to 181 days in 2024–25 — down 13% — while the national median rose from 123 days to 155 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St John of God Midland Public Hospital, about 15 km away, at 159 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 181 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 183 days | 8.9% | 213 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 155 days | 14.4% | 1087 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 155 days marks the national median.
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 5 km away: 196 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 15 km away: 159 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 16 km away: 346 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 65 km away: 45 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 158 km away: 40 days
Busselton Health Campus, WA · about 196 km away: 205 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 98 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 110 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | 207 | 125 | 123 |
| 2019–20 | 125 | 125 | 146 |
| 2020–21 | 125 | 264 | 168 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 237 | 174 |
| 2022–23 | 406 | 322 | 212 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 186 | 141 |
| 2024–25 | 181 | 183 | 155 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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