Tongue-tie or lip-tie surgery waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Half of patients at The Children's Hospital at Westmead waited 208 days or less for tongue-tie or lip-tie surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery". 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
- 208 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 18 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 142 days in 2016–17 to 208 days in 2024–25 — up 46% — while the national median fell from 61 days to 50 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sydney Children's Hospital, about 26 km away, at 61 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 208 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 134 days | 16.6% | 151 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.9% | 223 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 50 days | 6.0% | 496 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 50 days marks the national median.
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 61 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 35 km away: 91 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 117 km away: 388 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 364 km away: 352 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 456 km away: 16 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 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 | 142 | 70 | 61 |
| 2017–18 | 155 | 85 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 130 | 82 | 50 |
| 2019–20 | 240 | 87 | 50 |
| 2020–21 | 227 | 126 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | 340 | 139 | 76 |
| 2022–23 | 133 | 109 | 63 |
| 2023–24 | 187 | 100 | 64 |
| 2024–25 | 208 | 134 | 50 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Children's Hospital at Westmead · Tongue-tie or lip-tie surgery across Australia · Tongue-tie or lip-tie surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales