Shock wave stone treatment waiting time at Noarlunga Hospital
Half of patients at Noarlunga Hospital waited 24 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 Noarlunga Centre area of South 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
- 24 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 49 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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 15 km away, at 22 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noarlunga Hospital | 24 days | not published | 49 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.0% | 150 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 0.4% | 675 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.
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 15 km away: 22 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 26 km away: 51 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 29 km away: 50 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 549 km away: 22 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 550 km away: 176 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 632 km away: 151 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 638 km away: 62 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 646 km away: 33 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 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
- Noarlunga Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Noarlunga Hospital (days) | SA (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 | 35 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 29 | 34 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 26 | 33 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 30 |
| 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not published | 28 |
| 2024–25 | 24 | 28 | 28 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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