Spinal disc removal waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
The median wait for spinal disc removal at The Children's Hospital at Westmead in 2024–25 is not published by the source (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Discectomy". 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.
The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
- Surgeries completed
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | not published | not published | not published |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 56 days | 8.8% | 500 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 41 days | 4.5% | 1400 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
The Children's Hospital at Westmead did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.
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 | not reported for this period | 56 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 60 | 42 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 53 | 43 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 56 | 49 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 52 | 49 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 54 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 81 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | not reported for this period | 62 | 48 |
| 2024–25 | not published | 56 | 41 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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