Ureteric stent - insertion of waiting time at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
The median wait for ureteric stent - insertion of at this public hospital in the Carlton area of Victoria was 15 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 15 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 74 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 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 40 days in 2018–19 to 15 days in 2024–25 — down 63% — while the national median rose from 22 days to 24 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Frankston Hospital, about 42 km away, at 13 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.6%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | 15 days | 0.0% | 74 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 17 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 15 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | 40 | 20 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 21 |
| 2020–21 | 9 | 14 | 22 |
| 2021–22 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 19 | 21 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 16 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 15 | 21 | 24 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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