Surgery Waits

Ureteric stent - insertion of waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

The median wait for ureteric stent - insertion of at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria was 19 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
19 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
30 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 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 18 days in 2016–17 to 19 days in 2024–25 — up 6% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 24 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, about 101 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
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]19 daysnot published30 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 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], compared with Victoria and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 19VIC 21Australia 24
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Median wait in days for Ureteric stent - insertion of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBallarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–1718not published17
2017–18191521
2018–19102022
2019–20not publishednot published21
2020–21not published1422
2021–22232021
2022–23222124
2023–24131626
2024–25192124

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

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