Squint surgery waiting time at St John of God Midland Public Hospital
The median wait for squint surgery — published by the source as "Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)" — at this public hospital in the Midland area of Western Australia was 159 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
- 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
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