Lithotripsy waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]

The median wait for lithotripsy at this public hospital in the Fitzroy area of Victoria was 25 days in 2024–25.

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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Lithotripsy, 2024–25.
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 ParkVIC · about 1 km away22 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 2 km away43 days
The AlfredVIC · about 4 km away19 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 8 km away21 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 9 km away10 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 10 km away155 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 17 km away33 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 26 km away151 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Lithotripsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
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.

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