Lithotripsy waiting time at The Alfred

The median wait for lithotripsy at this public hospital in the South Yarra area of Victoria was 19 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 19 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 19 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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 56 days in 2016–17 to 19 days in 2024–25 — down 66% — while the national median fell from 34 days to 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 12 km away, at 10 days.

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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
The Alfred	19 days	not published	19 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	26 days	0.4%	675 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	28 days	0.8%	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.

St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 4 km away22 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 4 km away25 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 6 km away43 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 8 km away155 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away21 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away10 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 22 km away33 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 25 km away151 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Lithotripsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Alfred (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	56	25	34
2017–18	47	22	29
2018–19	47	28	36
2019–20	34	21	28
2020–21	not published	29	34
2021–22	not published	45	33
2022–23	57	33	30
2023–24	41	31	28
2024–25	19	26	28

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

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