Hypospadias - repair of waiting time at Sydney Children's Hospital
The median wait for hypospadias - repair of at this public hospital in the Randwick area of New South Wales was 279 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
- 279 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 38 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 13 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 219 days in 2016–17 to 279 days in 2024–25 — up 27% — while the national median rose from 101 days to 114 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is John Hunter Hospital, about 118 km away, at 195 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Children's Hospital | 279 days | not published | 38 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 284 days | 23.5% | 149 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 103 days | 5.0% | 139 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 0.5% | 210 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 114 days | 8.8% | 625 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
- Sydney Children's Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sydney Children's Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 219 | 218 | 101 |
| 2017–18 | 231 | 230 | 94 |
| 2018–19 | 325 | 255 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | 354 | 320 | 102 |
| 2020–21 | 295 | 305 | 177 |
| 2021–22 | 385 | not published | 173 |
| 2022–23 | 460 | 365 | 200 |
| 2023–24 | 309 | 314 | 132 |
| 2024–25 | 279 | 284 | 114 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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