Shock wave stone treatment waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
Half of patients at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] waited 25 days or less for shock wave stone treatment in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Lithotripsy". This public hospital is in the Fitzroy area of Victoria.
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
- 25 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 337 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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 22 days in 2016–17 to 25 days in 2024–25 — up 14% — while the national median fell from 34 days to 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's On the Park, about 1 km away, at 22 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.8%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 25 days | 0.0% | 337 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 0.4% | 675 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.8% | 2881 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 28 days marks the national median.
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 1 km away: 22 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 2 km away: 43 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 4 km away: 19 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 8 km away: 21 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 9 km away: 10 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 10 km away: 155 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 km away: 33 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 26 km away: 151 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 22 | 25 | 34 |
| 2017–18 | 21 | 22 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 26 | 28 | 36 |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 21 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 38 | 29 | 34 |
| 2021–22 | 55 | 45 | 33 |
| 2022–23 | 35 | 33 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 26 | 31 | 28 |
| 2024–25 | 25 | 26 | 28 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] · Shock wave stone treatment across Australia · Shock wave stone treatment in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria