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Hip replacement waiting time at Westmead Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hip replacement — published by the source as “Total hip replacement” — at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales, 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
109 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
30 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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 52 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 69 days in 2013–14 to 109 days in 2024–25 — up 58% — while the national median rose from 106 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 10 km away, at 97 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Westmead Hospital109 daysnot published30 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)265 days20.9%4162 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)130 days13.0%12180 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for total hip replacement by financial year at Westmead Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Westmead Hospital 109NSW 265Australia 130
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Median wait in days for Total hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWestmead Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not published193116
2012–13not published196116
2013–1469191106
2014–15107206109
2015–1694212114
2016–17216217110
2017–1891212119
2018–19211220119
2019–2096202120
2020–21130271179
2021–22371231153
2022–23240244175
2023–24114225135
2024–25109265130

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

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