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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.

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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.

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 1 day not published 22 surgeries
2 Prince of Wales Hospital 9 days 2.2% 89 surgeries
3 Nepean Hospital 17 days 0.0% 58 surgeries
4 Coffs Harbour Hospital 21 days not published 13 surgeries
4 Concord Repatriation Hospital 21 days not published 15 surgeries
4 Wyong Hospital 21 days 0.0% 138 surgeries
7 Gosford Hospital 23 days 0.4% 241 surgeries
7 John Hunter Hospital 23 days 2.2% 93 surgeries
9 Northern Beaches Hospital 24 days not published 28 surgeries
10 St George Hospital NSW 26 days not published 18 surgeries
11 Shoalhaven Hospital 30 days 0.0% 82 surgeries
12 Westmead Hospital 32 days 0.0% 99 surgeries
13 Dubbo Hospital 33 days not published 30 surgeries
13 Tweed Valley Hospital 33 days not published 44 surgeries
15 Wagga Wagga Hospital 35 days 0.0% 153 surgeries
16 Wollongong Hospital 42 days 0.3% 304 surgeries
17 Blacktown Hospital 51 days 0.0% 67 surgeries
18 Liverpool Hospital 77 days 3.3% 61 surgeries
unranked Bathurst Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Belmont Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Broken Hill Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Griffith Base Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Hawkesbury Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Lismore Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Manning Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Moruya Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mudgee Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Murwillumbah District Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Orange Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Royal North Shore Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal Prince Alfred Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked South East Regional Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Sutherland Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Children's Hospital at Westmead not published not published not published
unranked Wauchope District Memorial Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in New South Wales: near Gosford · near Randwick · near Westmead.

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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).

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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/), 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 New South Wales.