Cleft lip and palate - repair of waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
The median wait for cleft lip and palate - repair of at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 89 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
- 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%.
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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
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.
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.
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