Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Broken Hill Hospital
Half of patients at Broken Hill Hospital waited 49 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 Silverton 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
- 49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 45 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 14 days in 2018–19 to 49 days in 2024–25 — up 250% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 69 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Hill Hospital | 49 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 70 days | 6.0% | 2149 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 104 days | 13.7% | 737 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.
Riverland General Hospital, SA · about 271 km away: 104 days
Angaston District Hospital, SA · about 361 km away: 70 days
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, SA · about 383 km away: 64 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 405 km away: 112 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 407 km away: 147 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 411 km away: 328 days
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 423 km away: 85 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 423 km away: 196 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Broken Hill Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Broken Hill Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 50 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 54 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 58 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 66 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 49 | 79 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 69 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 83 | 74 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 79 | 59 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 49 | 70 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Broken Hill Hospital · Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) across Australia · Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales