Shock wave stone treatment waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 24 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 Turvey Park area of New South Wales.
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
- 77 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 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 26 days in 2018–19 to 24 days in 2024–25 — down 8% — while the national median fell from 36 days to 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Griffith Base Hospital, about 152 km away, at 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 24 days | 0.0% | 77 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.7% | 1134 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.
Griffith Base Hospital, NSW · about 152 km away: 8 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 224 km away: 62 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 331 km away: 176 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 331 km away: 26 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 343 km away: 50 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 351 km away: 33 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 358 km away: 10 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 359 km away: 21 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 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
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 34 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 26 | 36 | 36 |
| 2019–20 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 24 | 31 | 34 |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 27 | 33 |
| 2022–23 | 31 | 28 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 24 | 28 | 28 |
| 2024–25 | 24 | 28 | 28 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Wagga Wagga Hospital · Shock wave stone treatment across Australia · Shock wave stone treatment in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales