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Urinary stone removal waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for urinary stone removal in Victoria public hospitals was 20 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.

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

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9 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 Victoria 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 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 13 days not published 23 surgeries
2 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 17 days not published 19 surgeries
2 Western Hospital [Footscray] 17 days 3.3% 182 surgeries
2 Williamstown Hospital 17 days 0.6% 317 surgeries
5 Casey Hospital 20 days 0.0% 517 surgeries
5 Frankston Hospital 20 days not published 27 surgeries
5 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 20 days 0.0% 254 surgeries
8 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 24 days 0.0% 90 surgeries
8 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 24 days 0.0% 201 surgeries
10 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 29 days not published 26 surgeries
unranked Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] not published not published not published
unranked Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published not published
unranked Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] not published not published not published
unranked St Vincent's On the Park not published not published not published
unranked Sunshine Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Alfred not published not published not published
unranked The Bendigo Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Werribee Mercy Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Clayton · near Frankston · near St Albans.

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The median wait for urinary stone removal in Victoria public hospitals was 20 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/stone-s-urinary-tract-removal-of/vic/), 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 Victoria.