Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Casey Hospital
Half of patients at Casey Hospital waited 167 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 Berwick area of Victoria.
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
- 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Hospital | 167 days | 3.0% | 101 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 2.5% | 3279 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.
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 14 km away: 191 days
Angliss Hospital, VIC · about 17 km away: 81 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 21 km away: 9 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 22 km away: 35 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 22 km away: 15 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 28 km away: 92 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 29 km away: 53 days
Sandringham Monash, VIC · about 30 km away: 123 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Casey Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Casey Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 38 | 41 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 43 | 43 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 60 | 48 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 52 | 53 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 154 | 89 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 217 | 83 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 221 | 103 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 109 | 67 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 167 | 53 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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