Urinary stone removal waiting time at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Half of patients at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital waited 56 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 Woodville South area of South Australia.
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
- 56 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 76 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 25 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 46 days in 2017–18 to 56 days in 2024–25 — up 22% — while the national median fell from 29 days to 25 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Adelaide Hospital, about 6 km away, at 52 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 Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 56 days | 0.0% | 76 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 29 days | 0.7% | 446 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.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 6 km away: 52 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 15 km away: 27 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 19 km away: 28 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 562 km away: 24 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 654 km away: 17 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 657 km away: 24 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 658 km away: 17 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 662 km away: 29 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
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 28 |
| 2017–18 | 46 | not published | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 30 | not published | 26 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 28 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 29 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 21 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 51 | 23 |
| 2023–24 | 43 | 39 | 24 |
| 2024–25 | 56 | 29 | 25 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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