Kidney drainage stent insertion waiting time at Frankston Public Surgical Centre
Half of patients at Frankston Public Surgical Centre waited 15 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 Frankston 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
- 15 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 20 days in 2023–24 to 15 days in 2024–25 — down 25% — while the national median fell from 26 days to 24 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Frankston Hospital, about 1 km away, at 13 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankston Public Surgical Centre | 15 days | not published | 12 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.
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 1 km away: 13 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 42 km away: 15 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 42 km away: 30 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 48 km away: 26 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 131 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
- Frankston Public Surgical Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Frankston Public Surgical Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 17 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 15 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 20 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not published | 21 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 14 | 22 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 20 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 21 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | 20 | 16 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 15 | 21 | 24 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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