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Kidney drainage stent insertion waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for kidney drainage stent insertion in Queensland public hospitals was 18 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.

17 public hospitals in Queensland reported kidney drainage stent insertion in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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8 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 Queensland 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 Cairns Hospital 13 days not published 43 surgeries
2 The Prince Charles Hospital 15 days 0.0% 557 surgeries
3 Princess Alexandra Hospital 21 days not published 18 surgeries
3 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 21 days 0.0% 51 surgeries
5 Gold Coast University Hospital 36 days not published 29 surgeries
6 Queensland Children's Hospital 37 days not published 21 surgeries
7 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital 52 days not published 16 surgeries
8 Toowoomba Hospital 56 days not published 19 surgeries
9 Redcliffe Hospital 193 days not published 27 surgeries
unranked Ipswich Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mackay Base Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Mater Adult Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Nambour General Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Robina Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Sunshine Coast University Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service not published not published not published
unranked Townsville University Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Queensland: near Herston · near Woolloongabba.

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The median wait for kidney drainage stent insertion in Queensland public hospitals was 18 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Kidney drainage stent insertion waiting times in QLD", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/qld/), 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 Queensland.