Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Alice Springs Hospital

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Alice Springs area of Northern Territory was 55 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
55 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 149 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 52 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 33 days in 2016–17 to 55 days in 2024–25 — up 67% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Laparoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Alice Springs Hospital55 daysnot published19 surgeries
Northern Territory (all public hospitals)not publishednot published87 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)69 days5.4%9403 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

No other public hospital within 1,000 km published a figure for this surgery in this period.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for laparoscopy by financial year at Alice Springs Hospital, compared with Northern Territory and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Alice Springs Hospital 55NT 71Australia 69
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Median wait in days for Laparoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAlice Springs Hospital (days)NT (days)Australia (days)
2016–1733not published47
2017–1849not published51
2018–1957not published57
2019–2040not published64
2020–21434779
2021–2235not published78
2022–2374not published82
2023–241107169
2024–2555not published69

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

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