Shock wave stone treatment waiting time at St Vincent's On the Park
Half of patients at St Vincent's On the Park waited 22 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 East Melbourne 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
- 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 129 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 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 24 days in 2023–24 to 22 days in 2024–25 — down 8% — while the national median stayed at 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 4 km away, at 19 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.8%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Lithotripsy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's On the Park | 22 days | 0.0% | 129 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 Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 1 km away: 25 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 9 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 18 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 On the Park
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St Vincent's On the Park (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 25 | 34 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 22 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 28 | 36 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 21 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 29 | 34 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 45 | 33 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 33 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 24 | 31 | 28 |
| 2024–25 | 22 | 26 | 28 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at St Vincent's On the Park · Shock wave stone treatment across Australia · Shock wave stone treatment in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria