Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Blue Mountains Hospital
Half of patients at Blue Mountains Hospital waited 325 days or less for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Laparoscopy". This public hospital is in the Leura area of New South Wales.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 325 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 57 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 15.8%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 147 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 73 days in 2016–17 to 325 days in 2024–25 — up 345% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Nepean Hospital, about 37 km away, at 291 days. Here, 15.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.4%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Laparoscopy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountains Hospital | 325 days | 15.8% | 57 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 70 days | 6.0% | 2149 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 69 days | 5.4% | 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.
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 37 km away: 291 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 47 km away: 109 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 84 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 57 km away: 132 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 61 km away: 92 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 61 km away: 9 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 63 km away: 25 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 63 km away: 62 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Blue Mountains Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Blue Mountains Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 73 | 50 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 83 | 54 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 53 | 58 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 76 | 66 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 133 | 79 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 104 | 69 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 96 | 74 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 84 | 59 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 325 | 70 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Blue Mountains Hospital · Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) across Australia · Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales