Congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for waiting time at Westmead Hospital
The median wait for congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 143 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
- 143 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 3 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 90 days in 2018–19 to 143 days in 2024–25 — up 59% — while the national median rose from 35 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Children's Hospital at Westmead, about 0 km away, at 34 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmead Hospital | 143 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 37 days | 0.0% | 102 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 151 days | 22.8% | 263 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 74 days | 16.5% | 370 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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.
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 | not published | 43 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 33 |
| 2018–19 | 90 | 40 | 35 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 37 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2022–23 | not published | 49 | 64 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 81 |
| 2024–25 | 143 | 37 | 74 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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