Kidney drainage stent insertion near Westmead
Near Westmead, Concord Repatriation Hospital, just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for kidney drainage stent insertion in 2024–25: 21 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. The source publishes this surgery as "Ureteric stent - insertion of".
Hospitals in or near Westmead
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concord Repatriation Hospital | 21 days | not published | Concord West, NSW. Outside this area, about 10 km from Westmead Hospital. |
| 2 | Westmead Hospital | 32 days | 0.0% | Westmead, NSW. In this area. |
| 3 | Blacktown Hospital | 51 days | 0.0% | Blacktown, NSW. In this area. |
This area covers Auburn Hospital, Blacktown Hospital, Mount Druitt Hospital and Westmead Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Western Sydney". 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 Westmead, Concord Repatriation Hospital, just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for kidney drainage stent insertion in 2024–25: 21 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Kidney drainage stent insertion near Westmead", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/near/westmead/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/near/westmead/), 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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