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Kidney drainage stent insertion waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for kidney drainage stent insertion in Victoria public hospitals was 21 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 Victoria reported kidney drainage stent insertion in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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11 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 Victoria 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 Frankston Hospital 13 days not published 11 surgeries
2 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 15 days not published 12 surgeries
2 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 15 days 0.0% 74 surgeries
4 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 19 days not published 30 surgeries
5 Werribee Mercy Hospital 26 days not published 14 surgeries
6 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 30 days not published 28 surgeries
unranked Casey Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published not published
unranked Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] not published not published not published
unranked Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Northeast Health Wangaratta not published not published not published
unranked Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] not published not published not published
unranked The Alfred not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked The Bendigo Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Northern Hospital [Epping] not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] not published not published not published
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Frankston.

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The median wait for kidney drainage stent insertion in Victoria public hospitals was 21 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

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