Shock wave stone treatment waiting time at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
Half of patients at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital waited 85 days or less for shock wave stone treatment in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Lithotripsy". This public hospital is in the Condell Park area of New South Wales.
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
- 85 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 78 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.3%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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 41 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 33 days in 2023–24 to 85 days in 2024–25 — up 158% — while the national median stayed at 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Canterbury Hospital, about 7 km away, at 34 days. Here, 1.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.8%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital | 85 days | 1.3% | 78 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.7% | 1134 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.8% | 2881 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 28 days marks the national median.
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 34 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 11 km away: 26 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 52 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 26 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 44 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 34 km away: 50 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 40 km away: 48 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 26 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 34 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 36 | 36 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 27 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 31 | 34 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 27 | 33 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 28 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 33 | 28 | 28 |
| 2024–25 | 85 | 28 | 28 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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