Kidney drainage stent insertion waiting time at Wollongong Hospital
Half of patients at Wollongong Hospital waited 42 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 Wollongong 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
- 42 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 304 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.3%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 39 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 33 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 14 days in 2016–17 to 42 days in 2024–25 — up 200% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 24 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St George Hospital NSW, about 56 km away, at 26 days. Here, 0.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.6%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Hospital | 42 days | 0.3% | 304 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.5% | 1611 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.
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 56 km away: 26 days
Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 30 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 77 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 9 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 68 km away: 21 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 70 km away: 32 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 72 km away: 51 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 76 km away: 17 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Wollongong Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wollongong Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 14 | 15 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 24 | 21 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | 26 | 27 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | 32 | 24 | 21 |
| 2020–21 | 51 | 27 | 22 |
| 2021–22 | 28 | 22 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 28 | 27 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | 39 | 28 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 42 | 28 | 24 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Wollongong Hospital · Kidney drainage stent insertion across Australia · Kidney drainage stent insertion in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales