Surgery Waits

Lithotripsy waiting time at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital

The median wait for lithotripsy at this public hospital in the Condell Park area of New South Wales was 85 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
85 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
78 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
1.3%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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 41 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 33 days in 2023–24 to 85 days in 2024–25 — up 158% — while the national median stayed at 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Canterbury Hospital, about 7 km away, at 34 days. Here, 1.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.8%.

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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
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital85 days1.3%78 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)28 days0.7%1134 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)28 days0.8%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.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for lithotripsy by financial year at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital 85NSW 28Australia 28
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Median wait in days for Lithotripsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBankstown Lidcombe Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this periodnot reported for this period34
2017–18not reported for this periodnot reported for this period29
2018–19not published3636
2019–20not published2728
2020–21not reported for this period3134
2021–22not reported for this period2733
2022–23not published2830
2023–24332828
2024–25852828

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

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