Lithotripsy waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus

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: 35 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 95 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.1%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 25 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
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus	35 days	1.1%	95 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	21 days	1.1%	565 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.

Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalWA · about 5 km away36 days
Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 8 km away26 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 15 km away8 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health ServiceWA · about 16 km away33 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)WA · about 26 km away21 days
Peel Health CampusWA · about 65 km away8 days
Bunbury HospitalWA · about 158 km away19 days

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

How the wait has changed

Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
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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	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	90	not published	34
2017–18	68	not published	29
2018–19	62	not published	36
2019–20	not published	not published	28
2020–21	44	not published	34
2021–22	51	not published	33
2022–23	54	20	30
2023–24	36	16	28
2024–25	35	21	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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