Retina surgery waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Half of patients at The Children's Hospital at Westmead waited 20 days or less for retina surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy)". 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
- 20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 15 days in 2020–21 to 20 days in 2024–25 — up 33% — while the national median rose from 19 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Westmead Hospital, about 0 km away, at 19 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 20 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 56 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 34 days | 3.6% | 1400 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 2.6% | 3742 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 0 km away: 19 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 13 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 58 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 18 km away: 47 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 11 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 80 days
Kurri Kurri Hospital, NSW · about 117 km away: 15 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 244 km away: 41 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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 | not published | 22 | 19 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 27 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 28 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 42 | 21 |
| 2020–21 | 15 | 25 | 19 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 22 | 18 |
| 2022–23 | 30 | 30 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 26 | 22 |
| 2024–25 | 20 | 34 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Children's Hospital at Westmead · Retina surgery across Australia · Retina surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales