Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting time at Queensland Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Queensland Children's Hospital waited 40 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 South Brisbane area of Queensland.
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
- 40 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 37 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 63 days in 2016–17 to 40 days in 2024–25 — down 37% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mater Adult Hospital, about 0 km away, at 23 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Children's Hospital | 40 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 84 days | 7.1% | 2015 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.
Mater Mothers' Hospital, QLD · about 0 km away: 189 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 0 km away: 23 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 2 km away: 17 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 4 km away: 84 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 4 km away: 87 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 9 km away: 91 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 10 km away: 22 days
Redland Hospital, QLD · about 23 km away: 97 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Queensland Children's Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Queensland Children's Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 63 | 57 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | 67 | 63 | 51 |
| 2018–19 | 71 | 65 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 63 | 75 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 38 | 72 | 79 |
| 2021–22 | 52 | 74 | 78 |
| 2022–23 | 93 | 73 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 43 | 76 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 40 | 84 | 69 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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