--- title: "Kidney drainage stent insertion waiting times in New South Wales" description: "Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by median wait for Kidney drainage stent insertion in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/nsw/" --- # Kidney drainage stent insertion waiting times in New South Wales The median wait for kidney drainage stent insertion in New South Wales public hospitals was **28 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **24 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Ureteric stent - insertion of". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 36 public hospitals in New South Wales reported kidney drainage stent insertion in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Ureteric stent - insertion of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 18 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 24 days marks the national median. - [Port Macquarie Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-macquarie-base-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 1 day - [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 9 days - [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 17 days - [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 21 days - [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 21 days - [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 21 days - [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 23 days - [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 23 days - [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 24 days - [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 26 days - [Shoalhaven Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shoalhaven-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 30 days - [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 32 days - [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 33 days - [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 33 days - [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 35 days - [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 42 days - [Blacktown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blacktown-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 51 days - [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): 77 days - [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Broken Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broken-hill-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Griffith Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/griffith-base-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Lismore Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lismore-base-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Manning Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/manning-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Moruya Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/moruya-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Mudgee Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mudgee-health-service/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Murwillumbah District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murwillumbah-district-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [South East Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-east-regional-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Sutherland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sutherland-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published - [Wauchope District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wauchope-district-memorial-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/): not published Ureteric stent - insertion of in New South Wales 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 | [Port Macquarie Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-macquarie-base-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 1 day | not published | 22 surgeries | | 2 | [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 9 days | 2.2% | 89 surgeries | | 3 | [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 17 days | 0.0% | 58 surgeries | | 4 | [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 21 days | not published | 13 surgeries | | 4 | [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 21 days | not published | 15 surgeries | | 4 | [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 21 days | 0.0% | 138 surgeries | | 7 | [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 23 days | 0.4% | 241 surgeries | | 7 | [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 23 days | 2.2% | 93 surgeries | | 9 | [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 24 days | not published | 28 surgeries | | 10 | [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 26 days | not published | 18 surgeries | | 11 | [Shoalhaven Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shoalhaven-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 30 days | 0.0% | 82 surgeries | | 12 | [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 32 days | 0.0% | 99 surgeries | | 13 | [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 33 days | not published | 30 surgeries | | 13 | [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 33 days | not published | 44 surgeries | | 15 | [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 35 days | 0.0% | 153 surgeries | | 16 | [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 42 days | 0.3% | 304 surgeries | | 17 | [Blacktown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blacktown-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 51 days | 0.0% | 67 surgeries | | 18 | [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | 77 days | 3.3% | 61 surgeries | | unranked | [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Broken Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broken-hill-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Griffith Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/griffith-base-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries | | unranked | [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Lismore Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lismore-base-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Manning Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/manning-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Moruya Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/moruya-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Mudgee Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mudgee-health-service/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Murwillumbah District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murwillumbah-district-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries | | unranked | [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries | | unranked | [South East Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-east-regional-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Sutherland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sutherland-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Wauchope District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wauchope-district-memorial-hospital/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published | Ranked by area in New South Wales: [near Gosford](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/near/gosford/) · [near Randwick](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/near/randwick/) · [near Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/near/westmead/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for kidney drainage stent insertion in New South Wales public hospitals was 28 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Kidney drainage stent insertion waiting times in NSW", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/nsw/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/nsw/)), 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](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/), or see [every surgery reported in New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/state/nsw/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. 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