Surgery Waits

Stone/s urinary tract - removal of waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital

The median wait for stone/s urinary tract - removal of at this public hospital in the Adelaide area of South Australia was 52 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
52 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
84 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
2.4%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 28 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 29 days in 2016–17 to 52 days in 2024–25 — up 79% — while the national median fell from 28 days to 25 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Modbury Hospital, about 13 km away, at 27 days. Here, 2.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.5%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Stone/s urinary tract - removal of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Adelaide Hospital52 days2.4%84 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)29 days0.7%446 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)20 days0.8%1680 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)25 days1.5%3653 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 25 days marks the national median.

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

Median wait for stone/s urinary tract - removal of by financial year at Royal Adelaide Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays0193856752016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Adelaide Hospital 52SA 29Australia 25
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Stone/s urinary tract - removal of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Adelaide Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–1729not published28
2017–1849not published29
2018–1935not published26
2019–2032not published28
2020–2142not published29
2021–2242not published21
2022–23465123
2023–24513924
2024–25522925

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Royal Adelaide Hospital · Stone/s urinary tract - removal of across Australia · Stone/s urinary tract - removal of in South Australia