Ureteric stent - insertion of waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
The median wait for ureteric stent - insertion of at this public hospital in the Turvey Park area of New South Wales was 35 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
- 35 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 153 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 39 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 30 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 40 days in 2016–17 to 35 days in 2024–25 — down 13% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 24 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Shoalhaven Hospital, about 296 km away, at 30 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.6%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 35 days | 0.0% | 153 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.5% | 1611 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 21 days | 0.0% | 207 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 24 days | 0.6% | 2982 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 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
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 40 | 15 | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 14 | 21 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | 28 | 27 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | 13 | 24 | 21 |
| 2020–21 | 18 | 27 | 22 |
| 2021–22 | 11 | 22 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 15 | 27 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 28 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 35 | 28 | 24 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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