Surgery Waits

Ureteric stent - insertion of waiting time at Werribee Mercy Hospital

The median wait for ureteric stent - insertion of at this public hospital in the Hoppers Crossing area of Victoria was 26 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
26 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
14 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 20 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 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, about 25 km away, at 15 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
Werribee Mercy Hospital26 daysnot published14 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)21 days0.0%207 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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for ureteric stent - insertion of by financial year at Werribee Mercy Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Werribee Mercy Hospital 26VIC 21Australia 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 periodWerribee Mercy Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this periodnot published17
2017–18not reported for this period1521
2018–19not published2022
2019–20not reported for this periodnot published21
2020–21not reported for this period1422
2021–22not published2021
2022–23not reported for this period2124
2023–24not published1626
2024–25262124

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

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