Nose and throat scope waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Half of patients at The Children's Hospital at Westmead waited 357 days or less for nose and throat scope in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Nasendoscopy". 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
- 357 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 19 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 14 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 220 days in 2016–17 to 357 days in 2024–25 — up 62% — while the national median rose from 0 days to 277 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, about 16 km away, at 261 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 357 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 343 days | 25.5% | 314 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 277 days | 18.7% | 492 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 277 days marks the national median.
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 261 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 18 km away: 338 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 13 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 70 km away: 162 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 117 km away: 192 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 130 km away: 352 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 | 220 | 110 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | 157 | 111 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | 200 | 105 | 95 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 147 | 80 |
| 2020–21 | 29 | 112 | 50 |
| 2021–22 | 144 | 119 | 63 |
| 2022–23 | 110 | 153 | 116 |
| 2023–24 | 199 | 306 | 182 |
| 2024–25 | 357 | 343 | 277 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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