Surgery Waits

Coronary artery bypass grafting waiting time at Westmead Hospital

The median wait for coronary artery bypass grafting at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 36 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
36 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
193 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%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 23 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 fallen from 45 days in 2011–12 to 36 days in 2024–25 — down 20% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 20 km away, at 19 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.1%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Coronary artery bypass grafting, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Westmead Hospital36 days0.0%193 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)19 days0.0%923 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)19 days0.1%2719 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 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 coronary artery bypass grafting by financial year at Westmead Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0193856752011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Westmead Hospital 36NSW 19Australia 19
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Coronary artery bypass grafting, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWestmead Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12452316
2012–13302816
2013–14282518
2014–15372714
2015–16282713
2016–17312713
2017–18423217
2018–19443417
2019–20692518
2020–21242618
2021–22131819
2022–23131719
2023–24281819
2024–25361919

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

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