Lithotripsy waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre
The median wait for lithotripsy at this public hospital in the Bedford Park area of South Australia was 22 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 53 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 28 days in 2020–21 to 22 days in 2024–25 — down 21% — while the national median fell from 34 days to 28 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.8%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders Medical Centre | 22 days | 0.0% | 53 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.0% | 150 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 0.4% | 675 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.8% | 2881 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Flinders Medical Centre
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Flinders Medical Centre (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 34 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not published | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not published | 36 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 35 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 28 | 29 | 34 |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 26 | 33 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 30 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 28 |
| 2024–25 | 22 | 28 | 28 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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