Shock wave stone treatment waiting time at Bentley Health Service
Half of patients at Bentley Health Service waited 26 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 St James area of Western Australia.
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
- 26 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 171 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 25 days in 2021–22 to 26 days in 2024–25 — up 4% — while the national median fell from 33 days to 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St John of God Midland Public Hospital, about 14 km away, at 8 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.8%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Lithotripsy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Health Service | 26 days | 0.0% | 171 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 21 days | 1.1% | 565 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.
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 8 km away: 35 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 11 km away: 36 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 14 km away: 8 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 18 km away: 33 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 33 km away: 21 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 61 km away: 8 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 154 km away: 19 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bentley Health Service
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bentley Health Service (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 34 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not published | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not published | 36 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not published | 28 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 34 |
| 2021–22 | 25 | not published | 33 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 20 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 16 | 16 | 28 |
| 2024–25 | 26 | 21 | 28 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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