Cleft lip and palate repair waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Half of patients at The Children's Hospital at Westmead waited 89 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 Westmead area of New South Wales.
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
- 89 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 110 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.8%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 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 74 days in 2016–17 to 89 days in 2024–25 — up 20% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sydney Children's Hospital, about 26 km away, at 80 days. Here, 1.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.5%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cleft lip and palate - repair of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 89 days | 1.8% | 110 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 87 days | 1.1% | 185 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 58 days | 3.0% | 133 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 91 days | 11.1% | 162 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 80 days | 4.5% | 597 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 80 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 697 km away: 83 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 703 km away: 81 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 703 km away: 560 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 729 km away: 53 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- The Children's Hospital at Westmead
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Children's Hospital at Westmead (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 74 | 85 | 53 |
| 2017–18 | 95 | 84 | 68 |
| 2018–19 | 76 | 74 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | 90 | 90 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 85 | 82 | 71 |
| 2021–22 | 90 | 94 | 82 |
| 2022–23 | 97 | 92 | 89 |
| 2023–24 | 90 | 83 | 81 |
| 2024–25 | 89 | 87 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Children's Hospital at Westmead · Cleft lip and palate repair across Australia · Cleft lip and palate repair in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales