Urinary stone removal waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Hobart Hospital waited 50 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 Hobart area of Tasmania.
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
- 50 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 33 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 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 80 days in 2020–21 to 50 days in 2024–25 — down 38% — while the national median fell from 29 days to 25 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Launceston General Hospital, about 160 km away, at 33 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Stone/s urinary tract - removal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Hobart Hospital | 50 days | not published | 33 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | 34 days | 0.8% | 251 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.8% | 1680 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.
Launceston General Hospital, TAS · about 160 km away: 33 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 557 km away: 13 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 558 km away: 20 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 563 km away: 20 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 584 km away: 20 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 595 km away: 17 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 598 km away: 29 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 601 km away: 17 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
- Royal Hobart Hospital
- TAS
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Hobart Hospital (days) | TAS (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 34 | 28 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 28 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 45 | 26 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 39 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 80 | 47 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 44 | 43 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 38 | 57 | 23 |
| 2023–24 | 45 | 36 | 24 |
| 2024–25 | 50 | 34 | 25 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Hobart Hospital · Urinary stone removal across Australia · Urinary stone removal in Tasmania · All surgery waits in Tasmania