Cranioplasty waiting time at Westmead Hospital
The median wait for cranioplasty at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 16 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
- 16 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 15 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 74 days in 2022–23 to 16 days in 2024–25 — down 78% — while the national median fell from 50 days to 41 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmead Hospital | 16 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 73 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 99 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 29 days | 1.0% | 100 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 41 days | 2.0% | 352 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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
- Westmead Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Westmead Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 45 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 35 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 29 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 29 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 39 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 29 |
| 2022–23 | 74 | 45 | 50 |
| 2023–24 | 46 | not published | 48 |
| 2024–25 | 16 | not published | 41 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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