Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Port Macquarie Base Hospital
Half of patients at Port Macquarie Base Hospital waited 63 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 Port Macquarie 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
- 63 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 30 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 62 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 68 days in 2016–17 to 63 days in 2024–25 — down 7% — 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 198 km away, at 25 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Macquarie Base Hospital | 63 days | not published | 30 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.
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 72 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 167 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 280 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 189 km away: 171 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 190 km away: 127 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 198 km away: 73 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 198 km away: 25 days
Singleton Hospital, NSW · about 202 km away: 79 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Port Macquarie Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 68 | 50 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 41 | 54 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 51 | 58 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 33 | 66 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 64 | 79 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 61 | 69 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 82 | 74 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 41 | 59 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 63 | 70 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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