Lithotripsy waiting time at Tweed Valley 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: 29 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 90 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 21 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
Tweed Valley Hospital	29 days	0.0%	90 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	28 days	0.7%	1134 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	57 days	1.7%	289 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.

Murwillumbah District HospitalNSW · about 22 km away45 days
Gold Coast University HospitalQLD · about 29 km away85 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 84 km away104 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 91 km away23 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 92 km away147 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 102 km away62 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 242 km away25 days

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

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	Tweed Valley 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	15	36	36
2019–20	16	27	28
2020–21	20	31	34
2021–22	21	27	33
2022–23	24	28	30
2023–24	25	28	28
2024–25	29	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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