Kidney drainage stent insertion waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
Half of patients at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] waited 19 days or less for kidney drainage stent insertion in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Ureteric stent - insertion of". This public hospital is in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 19 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 39 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 18 days in 2016–17 to 19 days in 2024–25 — up 6% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 24 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, about 101 km away, at 15 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 19 days | not published | 30 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 21 days | 0.0% | 207 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 24 days | 0.6% | 2982 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 24 days marks the national median.
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 83 km away: 26 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 101 km away: 15 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 101 km away: 30 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 130 km away: 13 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 131 km away: 15 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 18 | not published | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 19 | 15 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | 10 | 20 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 21 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 14 | 22 |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 20 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 22 | 21 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | 13 | 16 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 19 | 21 | 24 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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