Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Maitland Hospital
Half of patients at Maitland Hospital waited 171 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 Telarah 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
- 171 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 62 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 4.8%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 137 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 74 days in 2016–17 to 171 days in 2024–25 — up 131% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is John Hunter Hospital, about 26 km away, at 25 days. Here, 4.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland Hospital | 171 days | 4.8% | 62 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 70 days | 6.0% | 2149 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.
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 25 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 34 km away: 74 days
Singleton Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 79 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 79 km away: 102 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 55 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 117 km away: 69 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 119 km away: 109 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 125 km away: 167 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Maitland Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Maitland Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 74 | 50 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 73 | 54 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 86 | 58 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 110 | 66 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 233 | 79 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 184 | 69 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 128 | 74 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 125 | 59 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 171 | 70 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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