Kidney drainage blockage repair waiting time at Sydney Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Sydney Children's Hospital waited 21 days or less for kidney drainage blockage repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction". This public hospital is in the Randwick 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
- 21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 22 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 28 days in 2016–17 to 21 days in 2024–25 — down 25% — while the national median rose from 33 days to 41 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Children's Hospital | 21 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 63 days | 6.1% | 115 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 1.6% | 125 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 6.3% | 224 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 41 days | 4.7% | 598 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 41 days marks the national median.
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 26 km away: 48 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 118 km away: 64 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 693 km away: 35 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 701 km away: 101 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 701 km away: 25 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 706 km away: 27 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 711 km away: 28 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 711 km away: 61 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
- 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 | 28 | 32 | 33 |
| 2017–18 | 22 | 49 | 42 |
| 2018–19 | 21 | not published | 38 |
| 2019–20 | 37 | not published | 41 |
| 2020–21 | 28 | 53 | 41 |
| 2021–22 | 17 | not published | 32 |
| 2022–23 | 15 | 43 | 39 |
| 2023–24 | 19 | 48 | 35 |
| 2024–25 | 21 | 63 | 41 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Sydney Children's Hospital · Kidney drainage blockage repair across Australia · Kidney drainage blockage repair in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales