Femoro-popliteal bypass graft waiting time at Westmead Hospital
Half of patients at Westmead Hospital waited 29 days or less for femoro-popliteal bypass graft in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 29 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 13 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 24 days in 2016–17 to 29 days in 2024–25 — up 21% — while the national median rose from 21 days to 23 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lismore Base Hospital, about 597 km away, at 9 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmead Hospital | 29 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 24 days | 0.0% | 102 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 22 days | 2.0% | 153 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 23 days | 0.9% | 338 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 23 days marks the national median.
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 597 km away: 9 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 688 km away: 21 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 692 km away: 14 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 692 km away: 22 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 697 km away: 19 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 701 km away: 16 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 702 km away: 24 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 706 km away: 59 days
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. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
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 | 24 | 25 | 21 |
| 2017–18 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 22 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 22 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 27 | 21 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 18 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 22 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 23 |
| 2024–25 | 29 | 24 | 23 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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