Congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Half of patients at The Children's Hospital at Westmead waited 34 days or less for congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 34 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 80 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 3 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 43 days in 2016–17 to 34 days in 2024–25 — down 21% — while the national median rose from 43 days to 74 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 16.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 34 days | 0.0% | 80 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 37 days | 0.0% | 102 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 151 days | 22.8% | 263 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 74 days | 16.5% | 370 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 0 km away: 143 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 703 km away: 178 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
- 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 | 43 | not published | 43 |
| 2017–18 | 37 | not published | 33 |
| 2018–19 | 41 | 40 | 35 |
| 2019–20 | 37 | not published | 37 |
| 2020–21 | 17 | not published | not published |
| 2021–22 | 28 | not published | not published |
| 2022–23 | 54 | 49 | 64 |
| 2023–24 | 42 | not published | 81 |
| 2024–25 | 34 | 37 | 74 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Children's Hospital at Westmead · Congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for across Australia · Congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales