Grommets waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Half of patients at The Children's Hospital at Westmead waited 95 days or less for grommets in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of". 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
- 95 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 135 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 9.6%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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 37 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 74 days in 2016–17 to 95 days in 2024–25 — up 28% — while the national median rose from 58 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Auburn Hospital, about 8 km away, at 86 days. Here, 9.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 95 days | 9.6% | 135 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 128 days | 10.5% | 1428 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 6.5% | 3835 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 86 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 83 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 167 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 65 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 265 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 18 km away: 144 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 63 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 23 km away: 91 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 74 | 74 | 58 |
| 2017–18 | 48 | 71 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | 80 | 84 | 68 |
| 2019–20 | 89 | 86 | 73 |
| 2020–21 | 64 | 98 | 93 |
| 2021–22 | 70 | 80 | 79 |
| 2022–23 | 146 | 90 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 105 | 107 | 94 |
| 2024–25 | 95 | 128 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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