Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at King Edward Memorial Hospital
Half of patients at King Edward Memorial Hospital waited 51 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 Subiaco 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
- 51 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 112 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 3.6%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 47 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 37 days in 2016–17 to 51 days in 2024–25 — up 38% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 2 km away, at 12 days. Here, 3.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Edward Memorial Hospital | 51 days | 3.6% | 112 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.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 2 km away: 12 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 2 km away: 54 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 5 km away: 6 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 7 km away: 112 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 14 km away: 77 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 14 km away: 10 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 19 km away: 217 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 24 km away: 33 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- King Edward Memorial Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | King Edward Memorial Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 37 | 34 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 42 | 41 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 49 | 47 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 55 | 56 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 68 | 62 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 64 | 57 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 36 | 47 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 33 | 56 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 51 | 55 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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