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Cleft lip and palate repair waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for cleft lip and palate repair in New South Wales public hospitals was 87 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 80 days. 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.

8 public hospitals in New South Wales reported cleft lip and palate repair in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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6 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.

Cleft lip and palate - repair of in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Sydney Children's Hospital 80 days 0.0% 66 surgeries
2 The Children's Hospital at Westmead 89 days 1.8% 110 surgeries
unranked Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Canterbury Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Hawkesbury Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Prince of Wales Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal North Shore Hospital not published not published not published
unranked St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] not published not published not published
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The median wait for cleft lip and palate repair in New South Wales public hospitals was 87 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Cleft lip and palate repair waiting times in NSW", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cleft-lip-and-palate-repair-of/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cleft-lip-and-palate-repair-of/nsw/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.