Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Casey Hospital

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Berwick area of Victoria was 167 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
167 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
101 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
3.0%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 135 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 38 days in 2016–17 to 167 days in 2024–25 — up 339% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Angliss Hospital, about 17 km away, at 81 days. Here, 3.0% 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
Casey Hospital167 days3.0%101 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)53 days2.5%3279 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 Casey Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Casey Hospital 167VIC 53Australia 69
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Laparoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodCasey Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17384147
2017–18434351
2018–19604857
2019–20525364
2020–211548979
2021–222178378
2022–2322110382
2023–241096769
2024–251675369

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

All surgery at Casey Hospital · Laparoscopy across Australia · Laparoscopy in Victoria