Myomectomy waiting time at Westmead Hospital
Half of patients at Westmead Hospital waited 105 days or less for myomectomy 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
- 105 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 23 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 11 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 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 2017–18 to 105 days in 2024–25 — up 48% — while the national median rose from 50 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Liverpool Hospital, about 14 km away, at 67 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmead Hospital | 105 days | not published | 23 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 82 days | 7.4% | 163 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 73 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 56 days | 2.5% | 157 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 73 days | 3.9% | 457 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 73 days marks the national median.
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 67 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 34 days
Royal Hospital for Women, NSW · about 26 km away: 84 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 689 km away: 51 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 702 km away: 49 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 703 km away: 125 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 709 km away: 53 days
Mater Mothers' Hospital, QLD · about 729 km away: 76 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 | not published | 57 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 71 | 51 | 50 |
| 2018–19 | 60 | 59 | 61 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 66 | 62 |
| 2020–21 | 84 | 72 | 77 |
| 2021–22 | 112 | 73 | 96 |
| 2022–23 | 123 | 103 | 105 |
| 2023–24 | 88 | 78 | 84 |
| 2024–25 | 105 | 82 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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