Ureteric stent - insertion of waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital
The median wait for ureteric stent - insertion of at this public hospital in the Adelaide area of South Australia was 45 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
- 45 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 159 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.6%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 34 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 30 days in 2016–17 to 45 days in 2024–25 — up 50% — while the national median rose from 17 days to 24 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Modbury Hospital, about 13 km away, at 30 days. Here, 0.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 45 days | 0.6% | 159 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 42 days | 2.7% | 226 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 1000 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
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Adelaide Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 30 | not published | 17 |
| 2017–18 | 35 | 34 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | 33 | 32 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | 33 | 33 | 21 |
| 2020–21 | 36 | 39 | 22 |
| 2021–22 | 33 | 37 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 39 | 40 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | 56 | 57 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 45 | 42 | 24 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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