Squint surgery waiting time at St John of God Midland Public Hospital
Half of patients at St John of God Midland Public Hospital waited 159 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 Midland 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
- 159 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 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 54 days in 2021–22 to 159 days in 2024–25 — up 194% — while the national median fell from 174 days to 155 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peel Health Campus, about 75 km away, at 45 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John of God Midland Public Hospital | 159 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.
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 15 km away: 181 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 20 km away: 196 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 30 km away: 346 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 75 km away: 45 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 167 km away: 40 days
Busselton Health Campus, WA · about 206 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
- St John of God Midland Public Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St John of God Midland Public Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 98 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 110 | 101 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 125 | 123 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 125 | 146 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 264 | 168 |
| 2021–22 | 54 | 237 | 174 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 322 | 212 |
| 2023–24 | 129 | 186 | 141 |
| 2024–25 | 159 | 183 | 155 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at St John of God Midland Public Hospital · Squint surgery across Australia · Squint surgery in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia