Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Herston area of Queensland was 87 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
87 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
236 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
10.6%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 96 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 87 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 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, about 0 km away, at 84 days. Here, 10.6% 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
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital87 days10.6%236 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 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 87QLD 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 periodRoyal Brisbane & Women's Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–17635747
2017–18636351
2018–19686557
2019–20797564
2020–21717279
2021–22337478
2022–23387382
2023–24507669
2024–25878469

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

All surgery at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital · Laparoscopy across Australia · Laparoscopy in Queensland