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Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt waiting time at Westmead Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt 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

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
8 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.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Westmead Hospitalnot publishednot published8 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)not publishednot published62 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)17 days1.8%228 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Westmead Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt by financial year at Westmead Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0193856752016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Westmead Hospital 61Australia 17
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Median wait in days for Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWestmead Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not publishednot published14
2017–1812not published14
2018–1929not published13
2019–2035not published17
2020–2153not published15
2021–2261not published15
2022–23not publishednot published21
2023–24not publishednot published17
2024–25not publishednot published17

What is not here

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