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Urinary stone removal waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for urinary stone removal in Queensland public hospitals was 32 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 25 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Stone/s urinary tract - removal of".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

12 public hospitals in Queensland reported urinary stone removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Stone/s urinary tract - removal of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

8 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 25 days marks the national median.

Stone/s urinary tract - removal of in Queensland public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Toowoomba Hospital 21 days not published 48 surgeries
2 Ipswich Hospital 29 days not published 21 surgeries
3 Nambour General Hospital 30 days 0.0% 87 surgeries
4 Sunshine Coast University Hospital 43 days 0.0% 127 surgeries
unranked Cairns Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Gold Coast University Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Mackay Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mater Adult Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Princess Alexandra Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service not published not published not published
unranked The Prince Charles Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Townsville University Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Queensland: near the Sunshine Coast.

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The median wait for urinary stone removal in Queensland public hospitals was 32 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Urinary stone removal waiting times in Queensland", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/stone-s-urinary-tract-removal-of/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/stone-s-urinary-tract-removal-of/qld/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Queensland.