Urinary stone removal waiting time at Coffs Harbour Hospital
Half of patients at Coffs Harbour Hospital waited 25 days or less for urinary stone removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Stone/s urinary tract - removal of". This public hospital is in the North Boambee Valley 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
- 25 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 59 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 28 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 24 days in 2016–17 to 25 days in 2024–25 — up 4% — while the national median fell from 28 days to 25 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Toowoomba Hospital, about 325 km away, at 21 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.5%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Stone/s urinary tract - removal of" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour Hospital | 25 days | 0.0% | 59 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 4.1% | 878 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 32 days | 0.3% | 301 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 25 days | 1.5% | 3653 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 25 days marks the national median.
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 302 km away: 29 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 325 km away: 21 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 397 km away: 43 days
Nambour General Hospital, QLD · about 411 km away: 30 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 420 km away: 22 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 434 km away: 58 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 437 km away: 27 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 449 km away: 62 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Coffs Harbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Coffs Harbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 24 | 41 | 28 |
| 2017–18 | 23 | 41 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 47 | 26 |
| 2019–20 | 26 | 44 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 23 | 45 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 27 | 45 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 23 | 38 | 23 |
| 2023–24 | 26 | 48 | 24 |
| 2024–25 | 25 | 71 | 25 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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