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Scar revision at The Children's Hospital at Westmead

The Children's Hospital at Westmead is a public hospital in the Westmead area, New South Wales. This page shows its waiting times for Scar revision in 2024–25, beside the figures for New South Wales and for Australia.

Figures for this hospital

Each tile shows one figure for Scar revision at The Children's Hospital at Westmead.

A rank compares this hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.

Median wait, The Children's Hospital at Westmead
75 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank7th of 29 nationally

Waiting more than 365 days, The Children's Hospital at Westmead
not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, The Children's Hospital at Westmead
12 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Compared with the state and Australia

The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Scar revision. They are never ranked.

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Scar revision: The Children's Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales and Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Who the figures coverMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
The Children's Hospital at Westmead75 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure12 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)131 days7.6%288 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)83 days9.5%1,239 surgeries

Shorter waits nearby

The Children's Hospital at Westmead has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. No hospital on that list published a shorter median wait for Scar revision in 2024–25.

How this hospital's wait has changed

The median wait for Scar revision at The Children's Hospital at Westmead has fallen from 181 days in 2017–18 to 75 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2017–18, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.

Each chart shows the median wait for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.

Scar revision: median wait by financial year, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales and Australia2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25
  • The Children's Hospital at Westmead
  • New South Wales
  • Australia
  • No figure published for this year. The table gives the reason.
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Scar revision: median wait by financial year, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales and Australia2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearThe Children's Hospital at WestmeadNew South WalesAustralia
2016–17not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure69 days65 days
2017–18181 days63 days67 days
2018–19not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure80 days73 days
2019–20not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure90 days83 days
2020–21not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure91 days84 days
2021–22not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure159 days121 days
2022–23183 days88 days133 days
2023–24not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure104 days103 days
2024–2575 days131 days83 days

All planned surgery at The Children's Hospital at Westmead

Scar revision at every public hospital in Australia

Scar revision in New South Wales

What this page leaves out

Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.

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Where this data comes from

  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/