Surgery Waits

Shock wave stone treatment waiting time at Queensland Children's Hospital

The median wait for shock wave stone treatment at Queensland Children's Hospital in 2024–25 is not published by the source (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Lithotripsy". This public hospital is in the South Brisbane area of Queensland.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Lithotripsy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Queensland Children's Hospitalnot publishednot publishednot published
Queensland (all public hospitals)57 days1.7%289 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)28 days0.8%2881 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Queensland Children's Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for lithotripsy by financial year at Queensland Children's Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Queensland Children's Hospital 259QLD 57Australia 28
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Median wait in days for Lithotripsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodQueensland Children's Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published6134
2017–18not published5129
2018–19not published5536
2019–20not published4928
2020–21604834
2021–222595033
2022–23not published5130
2023–24not published5928
2024–25not published5728

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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