Surgery Waits

Cone biopsy waiting time at Westmead Hospital

The median wait for cone biopsy at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 18 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
18 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
14 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 12 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 23 days in 2016–17 to 18 days in 2024–25 — down 22% — while the national median fell from 27 days to 23 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sunshine Hospital, about 709 km away, at 15 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cone biopsy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Westmead Hospital18 daysnot published14 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)not publishednot published98 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)24 days0.0%157 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)21 days0.0%110 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)23 days0.0%451 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 23 days marks the national median.

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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for cone biopsy by financial year at Westmead Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0102030402016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Westmead Hospital 18NSW 27Australia 23
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Cone biopsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWestmead Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17232927
2017–18223128
2018–19not reported for this periodnot reported for this period24
2019–20not reported for this periodnot reported for this period22
2020–21not reported for this periodnot reported for this period23
2021–22not publishednot published22
2022–23152521
2023–24182724
2024–2518not published23

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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