Ureteric stent - insertion of waiting time at Westmead Hospital
The median wait for ureteric stent - insertion of at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 32 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
- 32 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 99 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 39 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 29 days in 2016–17 to 32 days in 2024–25 — up 10% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 24 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 10 km away, at 21 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.6%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmead Hospital | 32 days | 0.0% | 99 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.5% | 1611 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 24 days | 0.6% | 2982 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
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 | 29 | 15 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 33 | 21 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | 32 | 27 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | 32 | 24 | 21 |
| 2020–21 | 33 | 27 | 22 |
| 2021–22 | 33 | 22 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 34 | 27 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | 33 | 28 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 32 | 28 | 24 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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