Lithotripsy waiting time at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Lithotripsy at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

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.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Lithotripsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	85 days	1.3%	78 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	28 days	0.7%	1134 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.

Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 7 km away34 days
St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 11 km away26 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 13 km away52 days
Sutherland HospitalNSW · about 14 km away26 days
Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 20 km away44 days
Nepean HospitalNSW · about 34 km away50 days
Hawkesbury HospitalNSW · about 40 km away48 days
Wollongong HospitalNSW · about 56 km away26 days

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

How the wait has changed

Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
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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	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not reported for this period	not reported for this period	34
2017–18	not reported for this period	not reported for this period	29
2018–19	not published	36	36
2019–20	not published	27	28
2020–21	not reported for this period	31	34
2021–22	not reported for this period	27	33
2022–23	not published	28	30
2023–24	33	28	28
2024–25	85	28	28

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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