Kidney drainage stent insertion waiting time at Queensland Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Queensland Children's Hospital waited 37 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 South Brisbane area of Queensland.
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
- 37 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 21 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 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 42 days in 2016–17 to 37 days in 2024–25 — down 12% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 24 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 2 km away, at 21 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Ureteric stent - insertion of" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Children's Hospital | 37 days | not published | 21 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.5% | 1611 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 18 days | 0.4% | 814 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.
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 2 km away: 21 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 4 km away: 21 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 9 km away: 52 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 10 km away: 15 days
Redcliffe Hospital, QLD · about 30 km away: 193 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 63 km away: 36 days
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 92 km away: 33 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 107 km away: 56 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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
- Queensland Children's Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Queensland Children's Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 42 | 14 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 37 | 15 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | 34 | 14 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 14 | 21 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 15 | 22 |
| 2021–22 | 37 | 14 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 39 | 15 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | 40 | 20 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 37 | 18 | 24 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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