Surgery Waits

Osteotomy waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead

The median wait for osteotomy at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 107 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
107 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
85 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
8.2%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 103 days in 2016–17 to 107 days in 2024–25 — up 4% — while the national median rose from 76 days to 135 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Nepean Hospital, about 26 km away, at 54 days. Here, 8.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 19.2%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Osteotomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Children's Hospital at Westmead107 days8.2%85 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)180 days16.4%451 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)135 days19.2%1866 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 135 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for osteotomy by financial year at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Children's Hospital at Westmead 107NSW 180Australia 135
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Osteotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Children's Hospital at Westmead (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–1710315676
2017–189215386
2018–199414790
2019–20125157103
2020–2170233136
2021–2285166122
2022–23103146157
2023–24158182152
2024–25107180135

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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