Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 62 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
62 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
27 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 149 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 60 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 38 days in 2016–17 to 62 days in 2024–25 — up 63% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Westmead Hospital, about 0 km away, at 25 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Laparoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Children's Hospital at Westmead62 daysnot published27 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)70 days6.0%2149 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)69 days5.4%9403 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for laparoscopy by financial year at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Children's Hospital at Westmead 62NSW 70Australia 69
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Laparoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Children's Hospital at Westmead (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17385047
2017–18not published5451
2018–19not published5857
2019–20not published6664
2020–21not published7979
2021–22416978
2022–23647482
2023–24375969
2024–25627069

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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