Tendon release waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Half of patients at The Children's Hospital at Westmead waited 26 days or less for tendon release 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
- 26 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 84 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.4%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 26 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 12 days in 2016–17 to 26 days in 2024–25 — up 117% — while the national median rose from 22 days to 34 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 10 km away, at 1 day. Here, 2.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 26 days | 2.4% | 84 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 44 days | 8.6% | 451 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 34 days | 7.5% | 1016 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 34 days marks the national median.
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 1 day
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 18 km away: 97 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics, NSW · about 20 km away: 7 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 23 km away: 3 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 53 km away: 23 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 70 km away: 4 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 79 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 117 km away: 6 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 | 12 | 21 | 22 |
| 2017–18 | 43 | 29 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 80 | 29 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 46 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 14 | 48 | 30 |
| 2021–22 | 20 | 48 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 94 | 61 | 28 |
| 2023–24 | 70 | 62 | 45 |
| 2024–25 | 26 | 44 | 34 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Children's Hospital at Westmead · Tendon release across Australia · Tendon release in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales