Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Westmead Hospital
Half of patients at Westmead Hospital waited 25 days or less for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Laparoscopy". 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
- 25 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 39 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 149 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 31 days in 2016–17 to 25 days in 2024–25 — down 19% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 10 km away, at 7 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmead Hospital | 25 days | not published | 39 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 70 days | 6.0% | 2149 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 69 days | 5.4% | 9403 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 0 km away: 62 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 84 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 87 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 58 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 132 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 7 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 9 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 19 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 | 31 | 50 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 39 | 54 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 38 | 58 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 29 | 66 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 28 | 79 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 22 | 69 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 42 | 74 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 61 | 59 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 25 | 70 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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