Kidney drainage stent insertion near Herston
Near Herston, The Prince Charles Hospital had the shortest median wait for kidney drainage stent insertion in 2024–25: 15 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
3 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for kidney drainage stent insertion, shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. 1 hospital sits just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and is included because a referral can cross the line. 1 hospital has no current published median. It is listed last and never ranked; a figure the source withheld reads "not published". 1 children's hospital nearby is left out, because it treats only children. The source publishes this surgery as "Ureteric stent - insertion of".
Hospitals in or near Herston
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Prince Charles Hospital | 15 days | 0.0% | Chermside West, QLD. In this area. |
| 2 | Princess Alexandra Hospital | 21 days | not published | Dutton Park, QLD. Outside this area, about 6 km from Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital. |
| 2 | Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | 21 days | 0.0% | Herston, QLD. In this area. |
| unranked | Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service | not published | not published | Herston, QLD. In this area. |
This area covers Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service and The Prince Charles Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Metro North (Qld)" within 25 km of Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital. 2 other hospitals of the network are farther away and not part of this area. Distances are straight lines between hospital locations, rounded to the nearest kilometre; they are not travel distances. A shorter median does not mean a hospital will see you sooner: your urgency category and your specialist decide that.
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Near Herston, The Prince Charles Hospital had the shortest median wait for kidney drainage stent insertion in 2024–25: 15 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Kidney drainage stent insertion near Herston", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/near/herston/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/near/herston/), 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.
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