Cervical discectomy and fusion waiting time at Westmead Hospital
The median wait for cervical discectomy and fusion at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 81 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
- 81 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 91 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 7.7%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 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 115 days in 2016–17 to 81 days in 2024–25 — down 30% — while the national median rose from 66 days to 94 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 20 km away, at 45 days. Here, 7.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 12.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmead Hospital | 81 days | 7.7% | 91 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 153 days | 19.2% | 609 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 94 days | 12.9% | 1076 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 | 115 | 114 | 66 |
| 2017–18 | 122 | 95 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 156 | 140 | 76 |
| 2019–20 | 261 | 133 | 80 |
| 2020–21 | 334 | 172 | 90 |
| 2021–22 | 149 | 151 | 83 |
| 2022–23 | 211 | 231 | 139 |
| 2023–24 | 81 | 162 | 111 |
| 2024–25 | 81 | 153 | 94 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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