Prostate surgery waiting time at Westmead Hospital
The median wait for prostate surgery — published by the source as "Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)" — at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 110 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
- 110 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 65 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 12.3%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 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 94 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 52 days in 2011–12 to 110 days in 2024–25 — up 112% — while the national median rose from 42 days to 55 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Blacktown Hospital, about 7 km away, at 78 days. Here, 12.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmead Hospital | 110 days | 12.3% | 65 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 5.0% | 2707 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 4.0% | 8810 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 52 | 56 | 42 |
| 2012–13 | 76 | 54 | 39 |
| 2013–14 | 79 | 60 | 43 |
| 2014–15 | 78 | 59 | 40 |
| 2015–16 | 65 | 62 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 70 | 57 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 76 | 63 | 46 |
| 2018–19 | 84 | 63 | 44 |
| 2019–20 | 74 | 59 | 44 |
| 2020–21 | 89 | 71 | 54 |
| 2021–22 | 81 | 59 | 48 |
| 2022–23 | 110 | 78 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 113 | 75 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 110 | 77 | 55 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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