Kidney drainage blockage repair waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Half of patients at The Children's Hospital at Westmead waited 48 days or less for kidney drainage blockage repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction". 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
- 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 34 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 22 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 29 days in 2016–17 to 48 days in 2024–25 — up 66% — while the national median rose from 33 days to 41 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sydney Children's Hospital, about 26 km away, at 21 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 48 days | not published | 34 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 63 days | 6.1% | 115 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 1.6% | 125 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 6.3% | 224 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 41 days | 4.7% | 598 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 41 days marks the national median.
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 21 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 117 km away: 64 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 688 km away: 35 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 692 km away: 25 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 693 km away: 101 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 697 km away: 27 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 702 km away: 28 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 702 km away: 61 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 | 29 | 32 | 33 |
| 2017–18 | 51 | 49 | 42 |
| 2018–19 | 44 | not published | 38 |
| 2019–20 | 25 | not published | 41 |
| 2020–21 | 33 | 53 | 41 |
| 2021–22 | 18 | not published | 32 |
| 2022–23 | 29 | 43 | 39 |
| 2023–24 | 28 | 48 | 35 |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 63 | 41 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Children's Hospital at Westmead · Kidney drainage blockage repair across Australia · Kidney drainage blockage repair in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales