Surgery Waits

Mastoidectomy waiting time at Westmead Hospital

The median wait for mastoidectomy at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 299 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
299 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
18 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 227 days in 2016–17 to 299 days in 2024–25 — up 32% — while the national median rose from 83 days to 99 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Liverpool Hospital, about 14 km away, at 71 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Mastoidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Westmead Hospital299 daysnot published18 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)86 days14.1%184 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)99 days13.6%656 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 99 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 mastoidectomy by financial year at Westmead Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Westmead Hospital 299NSW 86Australia 99
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Median wait in days for Mastoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWestmead Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–172279783
2017–18not published9995
2018–19357160106
2019–20389125104
2020–21371150119
2021–22not published9898
2022–23445210162
2023–2435997112
2024–252998699

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

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