Kidney drainage stent insertion waiting time at Toowoomba Hospital
Half of patients at Toowoomba Hospital waited 56 days or less for kidney drainage stent insertion in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Ureteric stent - insertion of". This public hospital is in the South Toowoomba area of Queensland.
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
- 19 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 39 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 37 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 89 days in 2023–24 to 56 days in 2024–25 — down 37% — while the national median fell from 26 days to 24 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Queensland Children's Hospital, about 107 km away, at 37 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Ureteric stent - insertion of" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toowoomba Hospital | 56 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.5% | 1611 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 18 days | 0.4% | 814 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 24 days | 0.6% | 2982 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 24 days marks the national median.
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 107 km away: 37 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 108 km away: 21 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 108 km away: 21 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 108 km away: 15 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 109 km away: 52 days
Redcliffe Hospital, QLD · about 121 km away: 193 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 148 km away: 36 days
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 171 km away: 33 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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
- Toowoomba Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Toowoomba Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 14 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 15 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 14 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 14 | 21 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 15 | 22 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 14 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 15 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | 89 | 20 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 56 | 18 | 24 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for urology
These are not figures for ureteric stent - insertion of. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.
Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Toowoomba.
- Patients treated
- 235 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 94.5%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 183 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 3 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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