--- title: "Keyhole joint surgery near Westmead" description: "Public hospitals in or near Westmead ranked by median wait for keyhole joint surgery, 2024–25. Shortest wait: 235 days." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/near/westmead/" --- # Keyhole joint surgery near Westmead Near Westmead, [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/arthroscopy/) had the shortest median wait for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25: **235 days** (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 5 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for keyhole joint surgery, shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. 2 hospitals sit just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and are included because a referral can cross the line. 1 hospital has no current published median. It is listed last and never ranked; a figure the source withheld reads "not published". 1 children's hospital nearby is left out, because it treats only children. The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy". ## Hospitals in or near Westmead Arthroscopy at public hospitals in or near Westmead, 2024–25, by median wait. Hospitals with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/arthroscopy/) | 235 days | 18.9% | Westmead, NSW. In this area. | | 2 | [Ryde Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ryde-hospital/arthroscopy/) | 236 days | 1.8% | Denistone East, NSW. Outside this area, about 9 km from Westmead Hospital. | | 3 | [Fairfield Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fairfield-hospital/arthroscopy/) | 265 days | not published | Prairiewood, NSW. Outside this area, about 9 km from Blacktown Hospital. | | 4 | [Mount Druitt Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-druitt-hospital/arthroscopy/) | 299 days | 1.1% | Rooty Hill, NSW. In this area. | | 5 | [Blacktown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blacktown-hospital/arthroscopy/) | 360 days | not published | Blacktown, NSW. In this area. | | unranked | [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/arthroscopy/) | not published | not published | Auburn, NSW. In this area. | This area covers Auburn Hospital, Blacktown Hospital, Mount Druitt Hospital and Westmead Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Western Sydney". Distances are straight lines between hospital locations, rounded to the nearest kilometre; they are not travel distances. A shorter median does not mean a hospital will see you sooner: your urgency category and your specialist decide that. **Cite this page** > Near Westmead, Westmead Hospital had the shortest median wait for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25: 235 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Keyhole joint surgery near Westmead: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/near/westmead/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/near/westmead/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/near/westmead/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ## What is not here Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here. See [every New South Wales hospital for keyhole joint surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/nsw/), or every hospital in [Western Sydney](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/western-sydney/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/near/westmead/.