Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the St Leonards area of New South Wales was 49 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
49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
78 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
1.3%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 45 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 77 days in 2016–17 to 49 days in 2024–25 — down 36% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 8 km away, at 17 days. Here, 1.3% 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
Royal North Shore Hospital49 days1.3%78 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)70 days6.0%2149 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 North Shore Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal North Shore Hospital 49NSW 70Australia 69
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Median wait in days for Laparoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal North Shore Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17775047
2017–181325451
2018–19925857
2019–201266664
2020–211297979
2021–22226978
2022–23807482
2023–24385969
2024–25497069

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

All surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital · Laparoscopy across Australia · Laparoscopy in New South Wales