Coronary artery bypass grafting waiting time at Westmead Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Coronary artery bypass grafting at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 36 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 193 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 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Coronary artery bypass grafting, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Westmead Hospital	36 days	0.0%	193 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	19 days	0.0%	923 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	19 days	0.1%	2719 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.

Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 14 km away74 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 20 km away19 days
St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 23 km away7 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]NSW · about 23 km away9 days
Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 26 km away20 days
Wollongong HospitalNSW · about 70 km away1 day
John Hunter HospitalNSW · about 118 km away35 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Coronary artery bypass grafting, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Westmead Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	45	23	16
2012–13	30	28	16
2013–14	28	25	18
2014–15	37	27	14
2015–16	28	27	13
2016–17	31	27	13
2017–18	42	32	17
2018–19	44	34	17
2019–20	69	25	18
2020–21	24	26	18
2021–22	13	18	19
2022–23	13	17	19
2023–24	28	18	19
2024–25	36	19	19

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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