Sydney Children's Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Sydney Children's Hospital is a public hospital in New South Wales. It reported 54 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 38 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craniotomy | 2 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of | 2 days | 44 surgeries | not published |
| Dialysis access surgery | 5 days | 170 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 7 days | 95 surgeries | 1.1% |
| Microlaryngoscopy | 11 days | 41 surgeries | not published |
| Nasendoscopy | 13 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction | 21 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Examination of eye under anaesthesia | 25 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | 26 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Cystoscopy | 28 days | 146 surgeries | 1.4% |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 38 days | 39 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 43 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery | 61 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Circumcision | 70 days | 45 surgeries | not published |
| Orchidopexy | 79 days | 78 surgeries | 1.3% |
| Cleft lip and palate - repair of | 80 days | 66 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | 87 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | 120 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | 133 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Myringotomy | 137 days | 89 surgeries | 14.6% |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of | 137 days | 89 surgeries | 14.6% |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of | 152 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Osteotomy | 155 days | 28 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroscopy | 188 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Cervical discectomy and fusion | 219 days | 45 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 239 days | 310 surgeries | 25.8% |
| Scar revision | 268 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Hypospadias - repair of | 279 days | 38 surgeries | not published |
| Adenoidectomy | 301 days | 123 surgeries | 41.5% |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | not published | not published | not published |
| Arthrodesis | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast reduction | not published | not published | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | not published | not published | not published |
| Cranioplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Cystectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Fundoplication | not published | not published | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt | not published | not published | not published |
| Laminectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Mastoidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Nephrectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Pharyngoplasty | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Ptosis - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Septoplasty | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Tendon release | not published | not published | not published |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Total hip replacement | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Ureteric - reimplantation | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Urethra - dilatation of | not published | not published | not published |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) | not published | not published | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Carpal tunnel release last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Chalazion - excision of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dacryocystorhinostomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Discectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Heart valve replacement last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Laryngectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lithotripsy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Meatoplasty last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Meniscectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Muscle or tendon length - change of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasal cautery last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nerve decompression last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Parathyroidectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Probing of naso-lacrimal duct last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pterygium - excision of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Radical neck dissection last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Rhinoplasty last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stapedectomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stone/s urinary tract - removal of last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tenotomy of hip last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Thyroglossal remnant - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Trabeculectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 6 days | 100% | 873 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 42 days | 80% | 1186 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 268 days | 75% | 1155 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.