Surgery Waits

Hypospadias - repair of waiting time at The Children's Hospital at Westmead

The median wait for hypospadias - repair of at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 329 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
329 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
46 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 13 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 253 days in 2016–17 to 329 days in 2024–25 — up 30% — while the national median rose from 101 days to 114 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sydney Children's Hospital, about 26 km away, at 279 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hypospadias - repair of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Children's Hospital at Westmead329 daysnot published46 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)284 days23.5%149 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)103 days5.0%139 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)86 days0.5%210 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)114 days8.8%625 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 114 days marks the national median.

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

Median wait for hypospadias - repair of by financial year at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Children's Hospital at Westmead 329NSW 284Australia 114
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Hypospadias - repair of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Children's Hospital at Westmead (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17253218101
2017–1821023094
2018–1922325598
2019–20243320102
2020–21320305177
2021–22367not published173
2022–23476365200
2023–24348314132
2024–25329284114

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

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