Excess eyelid skin removal waiting time at Westmead Hospital
Half of patients at Westmead Hospital waited 294 days or less for excess eyelid skin removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Blepharoplasty". 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
- 294 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 23 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 143 days in 2018–19 to 294 days in 2024–25 — up 106% — while the national median rose from 126 days to 246 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, about 219 km away, at 156 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmead Hospital | 294 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 335 days | 27.0% | 174 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 246 days | 23.0% | 666 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 246 days marks the national median.
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 378 days
Kurri Kurri Hospital, NSW · about 118 km away: 355 days
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 219 km away: 156 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 304 km away: 342 days
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 349 km away: 200 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.
How the wait has changed
- Westmead Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Westmead Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 263 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 222 | 111 |
| 2018–19 | 143 | 211 | 126 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 262 | 128 |
| 2020–21 | 372 | 278 | 245 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 250 | 149 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 308 | 254 |
| 2023–24 | 423 | 307 | 262 |
| 2024–25 | 294 | 335 | 246 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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