Hypospadias - repair of waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Half of patients at The Children's Hospital at Westmead waited 329 days or less for hypospadias - repair of 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
- 329 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 46 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 13 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 253 days in 2016–17 to 329 days in 2024–25 — up 30% — while the national median rose from 101 days to 114 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sydney Children's Hospital, about 26 km away, at 279 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 329 days | not published | 46 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 284 days | 23.5% | 149 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 103 days | 5.0% | 139 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 0.5% | 210 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 114 days | 8.8% | 625 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 114 days marks the national median.
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 279 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 35 km away: 370 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 117 km away: 195 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 688 km away: 103 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 697 km away: 48 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 703 km away: 97 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 729 km away: 111 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 | 253 | 218 | 101 |
| 2017–18 | 210 | 230 | 94 |
| 2018–19 | 223 | 255 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | 243 | 320 | 102 |
| 2020–21 | 320 | 305 | 177 |
| 2021–22 | 367 | not published | 173 |
| 2022–23 | 476 | 365 | 200 |
| 2023–24 | 348 | 314 | 132 |
| 2024–25 | 329 | 284 | 114 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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