Ureteric stent - insertion of waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for ureteric stent - insertion of in Australian public hospitals was 24 days in 2024–25 — from 1 day at Port Macquarie Base Hospital to 193 days at Redcliffe Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for ureteric stent - insertion of in public hospitals was 24 days in 2024–25, from 2982 surgeries. 0.6% of people waited more than 365 days. 39 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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State by state
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queensland | 18 days | 0.4% | 814 surgeries |
| 2 | Victoria | 21 days | 0.0% | 207 surgeries |
| 3 | New South Wales | 28 days | 0.5% | 1611 surgeries |
| 4 | South Australia | 42 days | 2.7% | 226 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 74 surgeries |
| unranked | Western Australia | not published | not published | 50 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- QLD
- VIC
- NSW
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | QLD (days) | VIC (days) | NSW (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 17 | 14 | not published | 15 |
| 2017–18 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 27 |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 14 | not published | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 27 |
| 2021–22 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 22 |
| 2022–23 | 24 | 15 | 21 | 27 |
| 2023–24 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 28 |
| 2024–25 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 28 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for ureteric stent - insertion of in a public hospital?
The national median was 24 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 18 days in Queensland to 42 days in South Australia.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for ureteric stent - insertion of?
Of the 39 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Port Macquarie Base Hospital reported the shortest (1 day) and Redcliffe Hospital the longest (193 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
0.6% of people who had ureteric stent - insertion of in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
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The national median wait for ureteric stent - insertion of in Australian public hospitals was 24 days in 2024–25, from 1 day at Port Macquarie Base Hospital to 193 days at Redcliffe Hospital.
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SurgeryWaits, "Ureteric stent - insertion of waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/ureteric-stent-insertion-of.svg" width="720" height="284" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Ureteric stent - insertion of by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.