Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Broome Hospital
Half of patients at Broome Hospital waited 64 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 Broome area of Western Australia.
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
- 64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 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 65 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 41 days in 2016–17 to 64 days in 2024–25 — up 56% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hedland Health Campus, about 469 km away, at 39 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broome Hospital | 64 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 5.4% | 797 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.
Hedland Health Campus, WA · about 469 km away: 39 days
Karratha Health Campus, WA · about 645 km away: 31 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Broome Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Broome Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 41 | 34 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 49 | 41 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 61 | 47 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 62 | 56 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 54 | 62 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 34 | 57 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 47 | 47 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 73 | 56 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 64 | 55 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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