Urinary stone removal waiting time at Williamstown Hospital
Half of patients at Williamstown Hospital waited 17 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 Williamstown 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
- 17 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 317 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.6%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 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 10 days in 2019–20 to 17 days in 2024–25 — up 70% — while the national median fell from 28 days to 25 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Frankston Public Surgical Centre, about 39 km away, at 13 days. Here, 0.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown Hospital | 17 days | 0.6% | 317 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.
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 8 km away: 17 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 10 km away: 29 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 16 km away: 20 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 19 km away: 17 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 26 km away: 24 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 38 km away: 20 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 39 km away: 13 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 45 km away: 20 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Williamstown Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Williamstown Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 22 | 28 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 22 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 19 | 26 |
| 2019–20 | 10 | 23 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 20 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 17 | 16 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 20 | 18 | 23 |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 14 | 24 |
| 2024–25 | 17 | 20 | 25 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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