Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Belmont Hospital

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Valentine area of New South Wales was 74 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
74 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
84 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
2.4%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 149 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 76 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 56 days in 2016–17 to 74 days in 2024–25 — up 32% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is John Hunter Hospital, about 12 km away, at 25 days. Here, 2.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.4%.

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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
Belmont Hospital74 days2.4%84 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)70 days6.0%2149 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)69 days5.4%9403 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for laparoscopy by financial year at Belmont Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Belmont Hospital 74NSW 70Australia 69
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Median wait in days for Laparoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBelmont Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17565047
2017–18945451
2018–191085857
2019–201336664
2020–211917979
2021–22956978
2022–23577482
2023–24485969
2024–25747069

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

All surgery at Belmont Hospital · Laparoscopy across Australia · Laparoscopy in New South Wales