Cleft lip and palate repair waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for cleft lip and palate repair in Australian public hospitals was 80 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 53 days at Queensland Children's Hospital to 560 days at Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]. The source publishes this surgery as "Cleft lip and palate - repair of".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Across Australia, the median wait for cleft lip and palate repair in public hospitals was 80 days in 2024–25, from 597 surgeries. 4.5% of people waited more than 365 days. 8 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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.
State by state
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.
Queensland: 58 days
New South Wales: 87 days
Victoria: 91 days
Australian Capital Territory: not published
Northern Territory: not published
South Australia: not published
Tasmania: not published
Western Australia: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queensland | 58 days | 3.0% | 133 surgeries |
| 2 | New South Wales | 87 days | 1.1% | 185 surgeries |
| 3 | Victoria | 91 days | 11.1% | 162 surgeries |
| unranked | Australian Capital Territory | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Tasmania | not published | not published | 12 surgeries |
| unranked | Western Australia | not published | not published | 98 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near Clayton.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- QLD
- NSW
- VIC
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | QLD (days) | NSW (days) | VIC (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 53 | 31 | 85 | 64 |
| 2017–18 | 68 | 41 | 84 | 88 |
| 2018–19 | 78 | 51 | 74 | 141 |
| 2019–20 | 64 | 35 | 90 | 136 |
| 2020–21 | 71 | 42 | 82 | 93 |
| 2021–22 | 82 | 66 | 94 | 95 |
| 2022–23 | 89 | 90 | 92 | 87 |
| 2023–24 | 81 | 75 | 83 | 82 |
| 2024–25 | 80 | 58 | 87 | 91 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for cleft lip and palate repair in a public hospital?
The national median was 80 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 58 days in Queensland to 91 days in Victoria.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for cleft lip and palate repair?
Of the 8 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Queensland Children's Hospital reported the shortest median, 53 days, and Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] the longest, 560 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. How to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
4.5% of people who had cleft lip and palate repair in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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The national median wait for cleft lip and palate repair in Australian public hospitals was 80 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Cleft lip and palate repair waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cleft-lip-and-palate-repair-of/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cleft-lip-and-palate-repair-of/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/cleft-lip-and-palate-repair-of.svg" width="720" height="250" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Cleft lip and palate repair by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.