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title: "The Children's Hospital at Westmead surgery waiting times"
description: "Planned surgery waiting times and waiting list at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, a public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales, for 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/"
---

# The Children's Hospital at Westmead surgery waiting times

In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales published median waits from **6 days** for dialysis access surgery to **365 days** for turbinate surgery (inside the nose).

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

The Children's Hospital at Westmead is a public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales. It is part of [Sydney Children's Hospitals Network](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/sydney-childrens-hospitals-network/). It reported 81 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 29 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick a surgery and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

## Waiting times by surgery

Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.

Planned surgery at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dialysis access surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 6 days | 216 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Craniotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/craniotomy/) | 8 days | 37 surgeries | not published |
| [Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | 9 days | 211 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/vitrectomy-including-buckling-cryotherapy/) | 20 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| [Tendon release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/tendon-release/) | 26 days | 84 surgeries | 2.4% |
| [Pilonidal sinus surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/pilonidal-sinus-surgery/) | 28 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| [Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/gallbladder-removal/) | 31 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| [Congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/congenital-cardiac-defect-s-procedure-for/) | 34 days | 80 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Examination of eye under anaesthesia](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/examination-of-eye-under-anaesthesia/) | 43 days | 97 surgeries | 1.0% |
| [Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/cataract-surgery/) | 44 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| [Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | 48 days | 34 surgeries | not published |
| [Cystoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/cystoscopy/) | 52 days | 152 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Cranioplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/cranioplasty/) | 62 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| [Fundoplication](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/fundoplication/) | 62 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| [Laparoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/laparoscopy/) | 62 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| [Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/circumcision/) | 64 days | 112 surgeries | 8.0% |
| [Cystectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/cystectomy/) | 73 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| [Scar revision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/scar-revision/) | 75 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| [Orchidopexy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/orchidopexy/) | 78 days | 230 surgeries | 1.7% |
| [Hydrocele - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/hydrocele-repair-of/) | 84 days | 30 surgeries | not published |
| [Microlaryngoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/microlaryngoscopy/) | 88 days | 116 surgeries | 11.2% |
| [Cleft lip and palate - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/cleft-lip-and-palate-repair-of/) | 89 days | 110 surgeries | 1.8% |
| [Skin lesion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/skin-lesion-removal/) | 91 days | 67 surgeries | 6.0% |
| [Myringotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/myringotomy/) | 95 days | 152 surgeries | 9.9% |
| [Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/grommets/) | 95 days | 135 surgeries | 9.6% |
| [Osteotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/osteotomy/) | 107 days | 85 surgeries | 8.2% |
| [Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/myringotomy-without-insertion-of-grommets/) | 111 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| [Arthroscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/arthroscopy/) | 115 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| [Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/acl-reconstruction/) | 120 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| [Pharyngoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/pharyngoplasty/) | 137 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| [Trigger finger/thumb release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/trigger-finger-release/) | 140 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| [Dermoid cyst - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/dermoid-cyst-removal-of/) | 188 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| [Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/lingual-or-maxillary-frenulum-surgery/) | 208 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| [Herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/hernia-repair/) | 220 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| [Adenoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/adenoidectomy/) | 252 days | 61 surgeries | 31.1% |
| [Cervical discectomy and fusion](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/cervical-discectomy-and-fusion/) | 299 days | 88 surgeries | 38.6% |
| [Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/squint-surgery/) | 306 days | 92 surgeries | 34.8% |
| [Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/tonsillectomy/) | 308 days | 214 surgeries | 28.5% |
| [Septoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/septoplasty/) | 318 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| [Hypospadias - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/hypospadias-repair-of/) | 329 days | 46 surgeries | not published |
| [Probing of naso-lacrimal duct](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/probing-of-naso-lacrimal-duct/) | 329 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| [Ptosis - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/ptosis-repair-of/) | 346 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| [Nasendoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/nasendoscopy/) | 357 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| [Turbinectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/turbinectomy/) | 365 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| [Anal fissure - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/anal-fissure-repair-of/) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| [Arthrodesis](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/arthrodesis/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Arthroplasty - revision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/arthroplasty-revision-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Chalazion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/chalazion-excision-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/colectomy-anterior-resection-large-bowel-resection/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Dacryocystorhinostomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/dacryocystorhinostomy/) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| [Discectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/discectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Exostosis - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/exostosis-excision-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Fracture non-union - treatment of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/fracture-non-union-treatment-of/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| [Functional endoscopic sinus surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/functional-endoscopic-sinus-surgery/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Ganglion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/ganglion-excision-of/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/hysterectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/dilatation-and-curettage/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/insertion-of-ventricular-peritoneal-shunt/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Laminectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/laminectomy/) | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| [Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/lletz-procedure/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/lobectomy-wedge-resection-pneumonectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Mastoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/mastoidectomy/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Meniscectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/meniscectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Muscle or tendon length - change of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/muscle-or-tendon-length-change-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/eardrum-repair/) | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| [Nasal polypectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/nasal-polypectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Nephrectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/nephrectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Orchidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/orchidectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/parotidectomy-submandibular-gland-excision-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/repair-of-obstructing-hiatus-hernia/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Rhinoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/rhinoplasty/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Tenotomy of hip](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/tenotomy-of-hip/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Thyroglossal remnant - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/thyroglossal-remnant-removal-of/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/thyroidectomy-hemi-thyroidectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Toenail surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/toenail-surgery/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Total hip replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/hip-replacement/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Trabeculectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/trabeculectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Ureteric - reimplantation](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/ureteric-reimplantation/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Ureteric stent - insertion of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Urethra - dilatation of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/urethra-dilatation-of/) | not published | not published | not published |

**Not reported for this period**

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Amputation of limb last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Blepharoplasty last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Breast reduction last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Carpal tunnel release last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Ectropion - correction of last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Endometrial ablation last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Ethmoidectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Femoro-popliteal bypass graft last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Haemorrhoidectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Heart valve replacement last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Laryngectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Mastectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Myomectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Nasal cautery last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Parathyroidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Pharynx - excision of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Pleurodesis last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Pterygium - excision of last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Radical neck dissection last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Replacement of aortic aneurysm with bifurcation graft last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Shoulder joint replacement last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Shoulder reconstruction last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |

## Urgency categories

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. [What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/)

All planned surgery at The Children's Hospital at Westmead by urgency category, 2024–25.

| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-1/nsw/) | 5 days | 100% | 1639 surgeries |
| [Semi-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-2/nsw/) | 48 days | 98% | 1491 surgeries |
| [Non-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-3/nsw/) | 189 days | 82% | 2437 surgeries |

**Cite this page**

> In 2024–25, The Children's Hospital at Westmead published median planned-surgery waits from 6 days for dialysis access surgery to 365 days for turbinate surgery (inside the nose) (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

### Copy-ready citation

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Surgery Waits, "The Children's Hospital at Westmead waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/, accessed 28 May 2026.
```

Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/)), 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.

[How these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/) · [All surgery waits in New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/state/nsw/) · [All hospitals](https://surgerywaits.au/hospitals/)

## Before you use these figures

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Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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