Urinary stone removal waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] waited 24 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 Lalor 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
- 24 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 201 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 28 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 10 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 19 days in 2016–17 to 24 days in 2024–25 — up 26% — while the national median fell from 28 days to 25 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 12 km away, at 17 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 24 days | 0.0% | 201 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.
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 12 km away: 17 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 17 km away: 29 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 19 km away: 17 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 26 km away: 17 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 30 km away: 20 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 52 km away: 20 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 56 km away: 20 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 57 km away: 13 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Northern Hospital [Epping]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 19 | 22 | 28 |
| 2017–18 | 22 | 22 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 19 | 26 |
| 2019–20 | 20 | 23 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 28 | 20 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 24 | 16 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 18 | 18 | 23 |
| 2023–24 | 14 | 14 | 24 |
| 2024–25 | 24 | 20 | 25 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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