Out-turned eyelid repair waiting time at Westmead Hospital
Half of patients at Westmead Hospital waited 138 days or less for out-turned eyelid repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Ectropion - correction of". 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
- 138 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 22 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 37 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 71 days in 2016–17 to 138 days in 2024–25 — up 94% — while the national median rose from 77 days to 136 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 10 km away, at 94 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmead Hospital | 138 days | not published | 22 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 275 days | 23.0% | 313 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 136 days | 15.4% | 1020 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 136 days marks the national median.
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 94 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 202 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 236 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 363 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 85 km away: 332 days
Kurri Kurri Hospital, NSW · about 118 km away: 329 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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 | 71 | 178 | 77 |
| 2017–18 | 112 | 146 | 84 |
| 2018–19 | 61 | 125 | 87 |
| 2019–20 | 74 | 126 | 93 |
| 2020–21 | 70 | 214 | 128 |
| 2021–22 | 107 | 248 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 174 | 228 | 140 |
| 2023–24 | 175 | 253 | 147 |
| 2024–25 | 138 | 275 | 136 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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