Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Nambour General Hospital

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Nambour area of Queensland was 96 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
96 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
65 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
12.3%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 106 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 63 days in 2016–17 to 96 days in 2024–25 — up 52% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Caboolture Hospital, about 51 km away, at 80 days. Here, 12.3% 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
Nambour General Hospital96 days12.3%65 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)84 days7.1%2015 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 Nambour General Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Nambour General Hospital 96QLD 84Australia 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 periodNambour General Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17635747
2017–18546351
2018–19556557
2019–20557564
2020–21547279
2021–221227478
2022–231277382
2023–24787669
2024–25968469

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

All surgery at Nambour General Hospital · Laparoscopy across Australia · Laparoscopy in Queensland