Lithotripsy waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

The median wait for lithotripsy at this public hospital in the Lalor area of Victoria was 33 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 33 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 13 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 12 km away, at 21 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Lithotripsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	33 days	not published	13 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

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 28 days marks the national median.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away21 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away10 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away43 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 17 km away25 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 18 km away22 days
The AlfredVIC · about 22 km away19 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 26 km away155 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 38 km away151 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Lithotripsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	25	34
2017–18	not published	22	29
2018–19	not reported for this period	28	36
2019–20	not reported for this period	21	28
2020–21	not reported for this period	29	34
2021–22	not reported for this period	45	33
2022–23	not reported for this period	33	30
2023–24	not published	31	28
2024–25	33	26	28

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

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