Urinary stone removal waiting time at Prince of Wales Hospital
Half of patients at Prince of Wales Hospital waited 27 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 Randwick 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
- 27 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 28 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 median wait here has fallen from 35 days in 2016–17 to 27 days in 2024–25 — down 23% — while the national median fell from 28 days to 25 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northern Beaches Hospital, about 19 km away, at 22 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 27 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 4.1% | 878 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.
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 58 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 22 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 28 km away: 62 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 44 km away: 80 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Prince of Wales Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Prince of Wales Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 35 | 41 | 28 |
| 2017–18 | 48 | 41 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 36 | 47 | 26 |
| 2019–20 | 42 | 44 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 37 | 45 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 24 | 45 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 22 | 38 | 23 |
| 2023–24 | 35 | 48 | 24 |
| 2024–25 | 27 | 71 | 25 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Prince of Wales Hospital · Urinary stone removal across Australia · Urinary stone removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales