Rotator cuff repair waiting time at Westmead Hospital
Half of patients at Westmead Hospital waited 256 days or less for rotator cuff repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Rotator cuff - repair 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
- 256 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 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 40 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 160 days in 2017–18 to 256 days in 2024–25 — up 60% — while the national median rose from 104 days to 111 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 10 km away, at 191 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmead Hospital | 256 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 247 days | 20.9% | 512 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 111 days | 12.9% | 1144 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 111 days marks the national median.
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 340 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 191 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 175 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 310 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 220 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 271 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 289 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 28 km away: 88 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 | not published | 239 | 103 |
| 2017–18 | 160 | 234 | 104 |
| 2018–19 | 242 | 214 | 127 |
| 2019–20 | 189 | 202 | 123 |
| 2020–21 | 391 | 301 | 203 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 307 | 151 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 313 | 193 |
| 2023–24 | 384 | 281 | 150 |
| 2024–25 | 256 | 247 | 111 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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