Surgery Waits

Ureteric stent - insertion of waiting time at Tweed Valley Hospital

The median wait for ureteric stent - insertion of at this public hospital in the Tweed Heads area of New South Wales was 33 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
33 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
44 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 39 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 28 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 28 days in 2023–24 to 33 days in 2024–25 — up 18% — while the national median fell from 26 days to 24 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 91 km away, at 21 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Ureteric stent - insertion of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Tweed Valley Hospital33 daysnot published44 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)28 days0.5%1611 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)18 days0.4%814 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)24 days0.6%2982 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 24 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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 ureteric stent - insertion of by financial year at Tweed Valley Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0102030402016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Tweed Valley Hospital 33NSW 28Australia 24
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Ureteric stent - insertion of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodTweed Valley Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published1517
2017–18not published2121
2018–19not published2722
2019–20not published2421
2020–21not published2722
2021–22not published2221
2022–23not published2724
2023–24282826
2024–25332824

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

All surgery at Tweed Valley Hospital · Ureteric stent - insertion of across Australia · Ureteric stent - insertion of in New South Wales