Cataract surgery waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Half of patients at The Children's Hospital at Westmead waited 44 days or less for cataract surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)". This public hospital is in the Westmead 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
- 44 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 132 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 30 days in 2011–12 to 44 days in 2024–25 — up 47% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 10 km away, at 36 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 44 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 268 days | 22.0% | 32695 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 106 days | 11.5% | 87841 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 106 days marks the national median.
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 0 km away: 351 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 280 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 36 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 204 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 307 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 18 km away: 354 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 44 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 353 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 30 | 233 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 47 | 238 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 21 | 218 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 47 | 221 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 50 | 240 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 38 | 224 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 56 | 223 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 58 | 245 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 286 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 24 | 290 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 11 | 278 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 23 | 282 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 22 | 262 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 44 | 268 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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